Quick up that the session went much better than I'd expected today--and that was without MC even having read the e-mail (I decided not to show it to him beforehand after discussing with H in waiting room). Think it was fairly productive, and MC did a good job of explaining the differences between being frustrated with a person and being frustrated with their behavior, which he said were apples and oranges. And between being frustrated with someone's for having an illness vs. behavior related to an illness (he used a physical disability of a "relative" that I think was probably his wife based on previous conversations). He also noted the fact that H was saying "frustrated" but when I talked about how he was feeling, I'd say words like "angry" or "hates having to deal with my anxiety" which made it fairly clear that I was projecting some. Like I felt that way about myself and so expected H would feel that way about me, too. We talked about some other stuff, too, that I may go into on here later, but I need to make dinner.

The session did end on a very humorous note, with discussion of March Madness (college basketball tournament), my saying how I was currently winning the pool I'm in, and I said to MC, "It's the second bracket, the one I listened to you more on." It didn't hit me when I said it, but it sounded like I was saying, "The one I listened to you, moron!" So MC was saying I'd called him a moron and laughing hysterically, and H was laughing, then when he walked us out, he asked the receptionist if she thought he was a moron. So we all walked out laughing, which was nice.

I'll respond more to some of the comments later, just wanted to get an update out there. Thanks for reading.