I am having difficulty seeing what connection is and how connection helps in the context of therapy. I read threads where others are happy to sit and talk and not have anything really happen one way or the other with a therapist and then describe that as connection. I seriously think some part of me is broken in that I cannot understand why that makes someone feel better or is therapeutic.
I saw that therapist I go to this week and she asked about stuff and I answered and it was not unpleasant although she dismissed me both times I tried to tell her how something bothered me. I asked at the end if there was a point to it and she said there is a point to everything (this is where I became angry - how does this chat help with why I pay a therapist). Is it the lack of unpleasantness that is the connection that is useful? I could have had the same conversation with friends (leaving out the part that bothered me - which would have been the same since she dismissed it - I just never would have mentioned it to friends).
What is connection to a therapist? I am not sure I want it, but I want to know what it is so I can decide.