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Originally Posted by stopdog
I tend to think, and this is based upon having read a lot of their textxbooks and literature, that therapists do things like compliment for specific reasons. I find it an attempt to manipulate in some fashion.
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I would not disagree. I see it as, i have let my t know i need positive reinforcement in some area, probably an area i am insecure in because i have taken a beating in it all my life, say from my family. For example, my intelligence. So, to counteract their innumerable negative messages, he gives me positive ones. Its weird because im always surprised when he says it, as if its the first time ive heard it. Thats whats really disturbing. This bucket has a hole in it - can it ever be filled?