Hm-m-m-m... There are some interesting questions here, Fuzzy... well... I think the only limit with regard to forgetting mistakes is death. Once you're dead... you're dead... memory ceases. Yes, I definitely believe some people are golden. They can pretty-much say, or do, anything & get away with it, even be lauded for it. Others of us can say or do the same thing & we'll be ignored at best... or punished at worst. I would suspect the same is true in therapy. I no longer have a T. But when I did, I never felt they took me seriously even after I had made 2 serious suicide attempts. They still seemed to act like maybe I was just kidding... which is part of the reason I no longer have a IRL. That way I don't have to say anything or trust anyone. I prefer it that way. Let the grand parade march on without me!

Ani Pema Chödrön has written: criticism without compassion can be just mean...