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Originally Posted by lolagrace
Hmm. Not sure the metaphor works for me. I see crash test dummies completely at the whim of the person who sticks them in the doomed vehicle with no choice in the matter, no ability to speak for themselves. A test dummy has no option to quit because he is mindless and completely powerless to do anything about his fate.
I've never felt powerless in my therapy. I've never felt at the whim of my therapist. They have always given me a voice and options on how to proceed.
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I think I felt much more like a crash test dummy in my real life before I started therapy: completely powerless and voiceless, stuck and trapped in this "vehicle" with no escape. Therapy helped me find my voice and the power to control the steering wheel. No longer a silent, powerless "dummy"; no longer powerless; no longer at the whim of the people who set out to harm me.