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Originally Posted by missbella
When a stranger injects herself into my self-reporting to diagnose and name call, that tells me, at minimum, my experience has evoked some strong emotion to impel her to assault someone she doesn't know. Though, since this communication "mimics" a therapist's style, perhaps the person believes their scalding evaluation is "for my own good."
The preponderance of generalizations I've read here support therapy and struck me as reproachful in the other direction. I've read many posts firmly expounding on how life or therapy work.
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This is all correct and I never disputed what you've just said. My point was different. My point is that you, at times, do the same thing you hate others doing to you - diagnosing. If you give yourself the right to publicly share your insights on what emotions your therapy experience evokes in others, then give those others the same right to share their insights on where your emotions come from. If you find it appropriate and acceptable for yourself to analyze others, apply this rule across the board and give others the same right to analyze you. Vice versa, if you find it unacceptable for others to analyze you instead of responding to the substance of your arguments, again, apply this rule across the board and don't analyze others instead of responding to the substance of their arguments. All I am saying is follow the same rules of respectful discussion you want others to follow, otherwise, your position becomes hypocritical.