You guys are amazing!

My messed up mind automatically though it was out of malicious intent, but maybe it is just a different approach, like you all said.

My next appointment isn't until the week after next, but maybe we can clear up some of this if she calls me back.

If it is just a new approach, I really want to know. As I said, it feels more like she's pissed at me for some reason, so this being a new approach would be somewhat of a relief.

I think a big thing was that I felt cornered. I get emotional when I feel cornered for any reason, so I think that was part of it. I get the whole tough love thing, but this is just ridiculous.

I don't want to assume anything, but part of me wonders if it was projection on her part? She said how growing up, crying and showing emotion wasn't an option. More or less, you just had to get over it. She said as an adult, she had to relearn (for lack of a better word) that it's okay to feel and show emotion. I wonder if maybe she was assuming that it was the same way with me?