I'm reading a book at the moment that has a therapist as one of the lead characters. I keep thinking, I wish my T would say some of these things that are being said. I know it's a totally different situation in many ways and it is helping a little reading the things I'm reading because what is written can still have some application but there's that nagging sense of wanting these words for myself, wanting this experience for myself as well. As I write this, I realise I've had similar thoughts about other fictional T's; and I know that I can talk to my therapist about this and acknowledge the need and desire however they also aren't the sort of things he would say or his style of therapy so it would just make the unmet need feel even bigger. I also know there is the danger that in wanting some of the things fictional T provides I can miss some of what my real T actually IS providing. There is just this huge chunk of neediness and wanting things to be said that nobody will actually say to me (and the thought of saying them to myself just accentuates that nobody else would so doesn't feel like a good option).

How do others deal with this?