I don't feel hostile, but I am definitely baffled when my T expresses empathy. Thankfully he hasn't used empathic statements often, but he has had empathic responses. There have been several times that he's gotten teary eyed when I've spoken about things in my past. In my head all I can think is it's my life. If I'm not responding like that, why are you? I just don't get it.

It also causes some guilt for me. I don't like being responsible for someone crying or getting upset.