You might end up having these real life-sounding reactions and stories with him because you, yourself, are realistic and not demanding anything else.

I don't know if it can ever be accurate but, based on your posts Growly, you never struck me as someone needing DBT. It is also interesting that you tend to be drawn to Ts trained in CBT and DBT.... while contemplating psychodynamic. I don't want to make an interpretation, of course