Actually, I had a MSW group therapist get physically in my face, yell at me, and order me to look at him in the eye and answer his questions. This was in a group therapy session at the day hospital program. I found it shocking. I had never dreamed a therapist would do that. I felt compelled to respond, like if I didn't he would have grabbed me by the shirt collar and maybe slugged me.

And I will be eternally grateful to the guy for doing this, I believe that was one of a handful of pivotal moments in the whole strange saga which saved my life. I have parsed and dissected that Friday afternoon session in my mind over and over a thousand times. I think the guy is a brilliant therapist, I already thought he was really good when this happened two weeks in from watching him run those two hour groups each day. I do believe it was in no way just a therapist getting frustrated and losing it, because he was extremely controlled and extremely precise in his responses. I also think it was kind of a risky gamble on his part, but I believe he thought it was a calculated risk that would pay off. I would love to be able to ask the guy about it, if he was doing what I think he was doing.