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Old Oct 09, 2013, 01:39 AM
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Your reaction is your reaction. I tend to think that the best way to deal with something like this is to talk it though. Particularly if it's making you upset and you're labeling yourself as oversensitive. Plenty of times my therapist has said something or done something that really hurt my feelings. Often I had an overreaction to things like that and talking though my reaction was one of the things that helped me the most in therapy. I definitely think you should bring it up.

And in terms of really hurting my feelings, yes she's now done that as well. After three and a half years of her being the perfect therapist for me, we had a really, really awful session. She compared me to my mother and said I wouldn't be a good mother (because I wouldn't model good behaviour). She compared me to her other clients who are all, apparently, less resistant than I am. She told me she forgot something I said because 15 other people all said the exact same thing. She also went on about how I don't try in therapy, and she said that she does all the work. There was more...it was a horrible experience. Yes, that day definitely made me wonder if she was on my side. She is on my side - I really don't think she was having a very good day that day either. Oh, and I actually was trying and working really hard, to the point where I'd completely changed my life around.

Last edited by Nightlight; Oct 09, 2013 at 01:53 AM. Reason: typos
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