Stop Dog - for me the whole, "I'm sorry that occurred." or "That must have felt awful", statements illicit a combination of - No S H I T Sherlock , ugh thanks? WTF - irritated, (would have preferred silence)
As far as the over the top response to my CSA, see above response.
Intellectually I understand why they do it, they are trying to show me it wasn't as NORMAL as I have made it out to be. That is was a Bigger deal then I see it as.
Emotional it gets all over me and I want to punch them in the face. I think I became such an expert at removing the emotional effects of my childhood, that for them to try to bring that back makes me angry. I see no point in it, I am detached from it and have packed it away already.... and don't get me started on crying and how useless I think that is ( oddly enough only for me ). Apparently from what I read, I am to find those buried emotions and process them in turn I will be able to accept empathy and heal. I feel like my broken arm has healed and they want to re break it, just to set it and allow it to heal, Again! and somewhere in that whole mess I see any emotional reaction , other then anger as weakness.That's my 2 cents.