This makes me think of my gynecologist, who I had to see a couple months ago for STD tests after I cheated on my husband*. I made a comment to her at the end about how I appreciated her not acting judgmental. And I said I guessed she probably saw all kinds of stuff in there. She said, "We deal with real life." And that really spoke to me. Like, she's there to help people with their medical issues, not pass judgment.

*He knows and has somehow forgiven me, and I'm working on forgiving myself. I feel like what I did was a sort of self-harm, like self-sabotage, like I don't deserve this loving husband, so let me mess it all up. We're working through it with the help of our marriage counselor.