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Originally Posted by stopdog
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.
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So, some people don't mind when others notice their feelings as much as you do when people notice yours. Maybe because they're routinely aware of their feelings and not horrified by having such things. So they figure other people's feelings are not so terrible either.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure you've become a bit guilty of appearing empathetic to people's feelings on these threads
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Hope it works out.