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Old Oct 18, 2017, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by NP_Complete View Post
I don't get this at all. I can't turn off caring about another human being just because I pay them to talk to me. We're both people sharing a relationship. Do therapists really think we can just not care?
That's a good question. When it first came up, MC was asking me if I felt I had to be there for him because he was there for me. Like I owed him or was obligated for that (I did mention the fact that we do compensate him for that financially...) I tried to explain that I'm just a caring person, that I'd care if it was happening to, say, a coworker or acquaintance, too. I think maybe he sort of got it? T1 at the time said it's also natural to care about people who care about you.
Thanks for this!
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