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Old Jul 18, 2013, 01:25 PM
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I think it could be it is easier to see the therapist being empathic to someone else or even she has to moderate the empathy so it is not overwhelming to you. Or maybe it is just that I know I can find empathy painful and awful so it is easy to overwhelm me with it
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Thanks for this!
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