I thought you have good, appropriate reasons for wanting to ask. There are some disorders or disabilities that you can't understand as deeply if you haven't experienced it yourself. That doesn't mean your therapist can't be a good therapist if she doesn't have the same issue as you, but it's natural you would trust her more easily if she does. I think the way you explained your reasons for wanting to ask in your first post on this thread was positive and that would be a good way to explain it to the therapist.
Of course, she still has legitimate reasons for not wanting to answer, whether she has the same issues as you do or not. But she should respect you for asking even if she doesn't answer.
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Originally Posted by autotelica
I have to admit that I like being able to accuse my therapist of not getting it since her life is seemingly so "normal". If I thought she could out-do me in the freakshow department, my self-righteous outrage would lose a lot of its steam.
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hehe.