I swear Xynethesia and I are like astrological twins, but she got the articulate gene. [emoji4]

I am pretty much about to give up with therapy. Info seems to have serious limitations, though she’s mostly been good about my criticisms. I have an appointment with another (Piaf) in January but that’s largely because she seems smart. We’ll see.

I think one problem with therapy for some clients is that it is artificial (even the therapists say so), and you have to be willing to put aside your sense that you’re in a lab and look past the seams, so to speak. If you’re trained not to do that, as I am, therapy just may not work for you. It’s a problem.

OP—on hurt feelings, the hazmat suit is exactly what a therapist should be wearing (good line). No professional’s feelings should be so close to the surface that they get hurt easily barring some truly offensive statement. They should be like those of us who push down those feelings, at least as therapists. Let them do their I’m-in-touch-with-my-emotions stuff somewhere else.