Hmmmmmm......
For some reason an unwanted memory has come to mind...

A shrink who I saw some time ago used to often tell a friend of mine how she was "doing well"...

A mean therapist I saw told me categorically "no she isn't"

I wonder... Is it sometimes "better" if a doctor or therapist isn't always brutally "honest" ... Without compassion

Btw that same shrink wasn't helpful to me, I guess the shrink thought I was "stronger" - more able to handle "reality" - or his version of it.

He told me there was "no point" in seeing him more often than ...

****. If I knew then what I know now...

(This is not about anyone on PC...