I also found "The Doctor's" condemning assessment of me excruciating. He said I had no friends, was out of touch with reality (because I thought his practice ineffectual.) The co therapist said "something about you makes me want to kick you."

Initially I was devasted. Eventually I began reading and understanding. I saw that some therapists seem to be on power trips, see themselves as infallible, as omniscient and clairvoyant, and settle for no less than worship from their adoring patients. They confuse their fabrications and speculation with irrefutable fact. Rejection for these types is difficult to take.

Then I saw the therapists not as sages, but as nerds, likely high school reject types who went to school, got a degree, found themselves over their heads when people went to them for help, and began believing their own publicity. None of my therapists are particularly intelligent, insightful or even have common sense.