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Originally Posted by Zen888
My brother is an addictions therapist and acts like he knows everything about psychology and psychiatry. So it is a "battle" that I cannot win. We don't live together and rarely see each other.
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Aha. Thanks for clearing that up Zen888. That's a whole different can of beans then. To quote Emily Litella, "Nevermind!".
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Originally Posted by Vickie in Phoenix
I heard once (sorry to all of you well-meaning souls out there who really do sincerely help people with your therapeutic work) that many times people go into counseling or therapeutic work because it gives them the upper hand in their casual as well as personal relationships with people around them. This often masks serious personal insecurities.
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Hmm, that's interesting. I could see how some people would do that. I *still* remember some guy on the Mike Douglas show (dating myself there much?!) that wrote some book about always having the upper hand. Even though I was probably only about 10 at the time, I thought, "Wow, that's pretty obnoxious!" Sure we don't *always* want the lower hand either, but to seek *always* the upper is rather disturbing.
I DO want to be clear though -- while Zen's brother clearly is a challenge, I don't necessarily think this is the case for him. Obviously I'd have no idea. It's simply an interesting thing to consider on a general level.