I love when they tell you the hard stuff is good for you, especially when one is in the middle of it. It's when I forget to "mention" that I'm having trouble and start floundering around on my own, weighted under my misperceptions, etc. that I get in most trouble I think, when I forget to listen.

I still remember when my T got "sharp" and told me not to do something "like you always do" and that took me the entire next week to realize she was "warning" me as in "Watch out!" rather than criticizing me or putting me down in some way or being disappointed, etc. I guess being on my raft going down my rapids and looking like we're going to hit a rock kind of could make someone speak "sharply" LOL!