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Old Feb 25, 2012, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by crazycanbegood View Post
does it really matter if you pay T to pay attention to your needs? do we not naturally have empathy for others? do you know smile at a stranger who seems sad? feel sorry for a coworker who lost a parent? you needn't be close to your T to care that she, as a fellow human, is in pain.
I probably would not know about the therapist or a stranger. I don't usually think about whether strangers (and I count therapists among them) are sad or not - there is nothing I can do about it and it is none of my business. I do not wish them ill. Plus the question is how does a therapist handle your empathy for them - even if I did have empathy I am unlikely to show it - it is not any of my business. I don't like it when strangers presume to know if I am sad or whatever or intrude upon me if I am- it is none of their business - why would I try to inflict upon them something I dislike?

Plus I did say I did not want to accidentally kill her.
Thanks for this!
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