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(((((((((((((((((((((((pat)))))))))))))))))))
I read some of your other threads you wrote in the last 24 hours. I just want too say no ones problems are greater then others, the biggest thing is they are our own, no matter what we are all going through.

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Thank you for writing this. It's so true. And to add to it, no one's reactions or feelings are more authentic than anyone else's.

On a related note, in therapy, if the T were to respond to a client's expression of feelings with a statement that minimizes the feeling or tries to "correct" the feeling, it would be considered an empathic failure and would be invalidating.

Pat, I have your email address unless you changed it. Take care,

gg