I understand why T's are blank slates and I also respect the process behind it. How can we work on ourselves if we're focusing on someone else? But it's still really, really hard for me. I wish I knew more about my real-life therapist and it saddens me sometimes to know that the most important person in my life right now is totally emotionally off limits and nothing more than an enigma. He's also 99% the byproduct of my own projections. I hinted at these feelings in my last session and he said he understood, having been in therapy so long himself. Sometimes I wonder if it's difficult for therapists as well, to constantly keep back, remain anonymous, and unable to bring themselves into the room with casual conversation.

What are your views on blank slates? Do you side with me in that they bug you, or are you totally fine with not knowing a thing about your therapist?