I like my therapist a lot, but sometimes he can be overly sarcastic. It's difficult to tell if his sarcasm is actually him being negative or him just trying to lighten the mood.
For example, I had to cancel on my therapist at the last minute 2 weeks ago because I had a busy schedule ahead of me at work. He said, "Ah, yes... I can do that..." then paused for a minute. "I see. You'll do anything to get away from me. I know how it is!"
I know he was joking when he said "trying to get away from me", but it sounded negative to me. It seemed like he was using sarcasm instead of outright saying "really? you're going to cancel on me at the last minute? seems like you're coming up with excuses." (I'm referring to the "you'll do anything to get away from me" part... where it seemed like he was maybe accusing me of coming up with excuses.)
I don't know if this makes sense. It just seems like he lets out his disappointments and frustrations as sarcasm. I'm afraid he's actually extremely disappointed in me and that he'll drop me as a client.
Or maybe I'm being overly anxious/paranoid? Over analytical?
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