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Originally Posted by learning1
The person with the information cannot totally control the person but neither can they avoid having at least some "control". Probably effect is a better word than control at the end of the sentence there, but it means about the same.
In any interaction, two people influence each other, and it's impossible to be completely conscious of what the influence is. "
"I agree with all this. We weren't talking about accepting ALL the attempts of another to help.
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I think effect or influence are very different from control. I agree one can be influenced conciously or unconciously.
I am talking about not having to accept ANY attempts.
My reaction was to what I consider to be the forceful description by the OP. Also over the last 25 years I have represented a lot of people being held and treated involuntarily. So perhaps I have a different experience about the use of power in the health care field. And again, if others think it is useful and are willing to endure a therapist or whomever treating them in the way the OP and others have described, then I hope it is good for them.