Mine is kind of specific. I was originally in therapy -- though I didn't know it at the start -- because of a lot of being bullied in school over many years in childhood. One day he said "Kids get picked on for all kinds of superficial reasons... they're overweight or have glasses or unusual clothes or hair. It's rarely ever because of a character flaw." He sees a lot of kids so it held more weight I think.
I know it's not terribly useful to most people but it is something I've thought about a lot.
The most meaningful and helpful thing he did though hasn't been in words. He's just quietly sat there and refused to agree with how disgusting I was as a child. That's my impression of the message he's sent me, which has been mostly non-verbal. Translated into words it would say "Yeah, I'm hearing you tell me how awful you were, but I'm not hearing anything that compelling actually."
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