oh sunny, i would probably giggle a bit at "resonate", or be put off, depending on the person who said it. it does seem very therapy-speak to me. in a similar situation to what you describe, i would probably reflect and come out with "yeah, that sounds right" or "mmmm, naaaaaaaaaah" . and to think that i topped university english...

i dont know if therapy has made me more obnoxious - probably to my parents, i guess, when i refuse to get drawn in to some dynamics (i still have a lot of work to do though).

i think if anything has made me more obnoxious its my major in philsophy . i know a lot of people who get upset when i disagree with their theories on conceptual grounds. it's no good to be doing research in psychology and to actually use your brain, apparently .