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Originally Posted by daisydid
I agree and I don't. The therapeutic relationship is inherently outside of reality, but it's still real in the sense that both the therapist and the client are real people with real emotions. So while it could easily be a distortion, it could also be used to illuminate patterns of behavior or interaction that are worth looking at.
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I found that therapy certainly brought out real stuff, but was more fantasy-based than not. Most of the time it was about as relevant to real-life as acting in a play.
My main point was that failing at one of these pseudo-relationships hardly seems compelling evidence for some personality "disorder", nor confirmation of anything real necessarily.
eta: As for what is supportive or not, seems like challenging professionals in a position of power is more supportive than affirming their dubious diagnoses and pronouncements, but not everyone sees it that way.