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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
"thank you for being so candid" , IRL, could mean "gee thanks, most people would have kept that tactfully to themselves, i guess you just had to blurt it out"
or
"you have said something that normal people would never have let escape their lips, but whatever".
I was wondering whether T's saying that might mean any of that.   |
Just tonight T and I were talking about "the relationship" and I told her how sometimes I feel so uneasy about it, because it's personal...but it isn't, and it's business...but it's more. And I frequently say that I wish I was one of her patients (the ones who have an appt before, who I dress up like paper dolls with all kinds of talents, skills, virtues...little tabs folded over their shoulders..
), who I imagine are very talkative and find it easy to say anything and everything in therapy. Which lead us to talk about the 'unevenness' of the therapy relationship and how it is different than a non-therapy relationship. And that makes me think that what your T said means "I am enjoyed talking with you and I really admire how candid you are."
sawe, being candid in therapy is great and useful. And maybe it wasn't appreciated before, so it feels 'not right' to hear it now.
