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Old Dec 29, 2010, 09:57 PM
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I don't know what happened to my not liking my therapist self-disclosing, but lately I've kind of enjoyed it. Tonight she told me about a dream she had because it was about something that bugs me that she does. I really hate it (and tell her) when she says that "everyone feels that way" about something or some situation. I really do understand that she's trying to convey that some responses are universal, and not odd or freakish, etc. But sometimes it makes me feel like she is minimizing and that she isn't hearing how intense it is for me. While it bothers me, I do laugh and tell her I don't care about 'everyone'! And sometimes when she is going to say it, she precedes it with "I'm going to make you mad, but..."
Sometimes, I'll beat her to the punch and precede my comment with "I know everyone probably feels this way...". So, it's just one of our things

Anyway, tonight she told me that she dreamt she had PTSD and that she was told flippantly that 'everyone would react like that' and she didn't like it a bit!! She said that when she remembered the dream, she immediately thought of me

I just thought it was pretty cool that she shared her dream with me!
Thanks for this!
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