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Originally Posted by licketysplit
Maybe he was referring to the undivided and one-sided attention that's focused on the individual? In real life, it's back and forth, with interruptions and distractions. I don't think he was saying that caring about you is not real.
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I don't feel like my therapy is that one sided, but I get what you mean. We have conversations though, we both talk an equalish amount, I know some about him and he knows some about me.
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Originally Posted by IndestructibleGirl
That's a really interesting remark for him to make.
I can see how he might have meant it - to reassure you that he won't get overwhelmed by it all, because the appropriate boundaries ensure that he is not consumed by all the crazy **** coming at him day after day. But I would feel a bit alienated too because it's like him saying that's not my reality. I would feel 'othered'.
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Thanks, I feel "othered" that's a good word for it. Is it crazy that it's the realest part of my week usually????
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Originally Posted by nervous puppy
I struggle with that all the time. Since I know that therapy is pretty much a one way street, then T must be protecting herself/himself from having any feelings towards me. Just this afternoon I was thinking about how good an actor all T's must be to become a T.
But the thought that T doesn't care about me, well that just hurts a helluva lot.
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Yeah, I'm getting more desensitized to it but it does hurt to realize I'm probably not that important to him.