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Originally Posted by archipelago
I can tell that there is irritation but honestly it sounds like a positive thing overall. She is saying that you matter. If that happened because you pissed her off, well….?
Saying that it is only a job is something that they probably have heard before. It seems a pretty normal thing for a client to say and wonder about. Getting irritated probably proves she is being genuine about what she said. That's how it reads anyway.
I've challenged my therapist in a way parallel--that he has had things work out and doesn't know what it feels like and can just go home to a nice comfortable life. He doesn't show irritation but sometimes does self-disclose about a difficult passage he went through, not in depth, but to remind me that it is all perfect and wonderful.
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She was irritated. She's probably sick of being accused of forgetting about me.
I didn't mean it as in " this is just a job to you." I just meant, she can put it all away for the night, all the emotions. It's a job, she gets a break from it all, she can put it away for the day or weekend or when she just needs to get away from it. I never get a break from the emotions it all brings up.