I don't know how this got to be such a long thread so fast and I freely admit that I haven't read it all yet, but YES! Oh my god, YES! ME TOO.

Ok, now that I got that response out of the way. I think it hit a nerve because I came from a therapy session today that really sucked, partly for this reason. Yeah, stopdog, I totally get what you mean. If I tell him something, and he responds "I think that's sad." or "You're in a lot of pain." or whatever, my response is just "So ****ing what?" And feeling irritable. What am I supposed to say?

I didn't realize this response was particularly uncommon, either. We went round and round today about why I feel this way, and I really couldn't figure it out, which is amazing considering I have so much perception about other people.