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Originally Posted by AnnaBegins
He's told me a few times that I am responsible for creating a wedge between us by being too negative. Whenever he does that, I have a hard time talking to him outside of session because I don't always have only positive things to say. But if too many days go by without us talking outside of session, he seems to get upset and think I am ignoring him.
I thought sessions were the one place where it was safe to just be me - negative, positive, whatever.
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That does seem odd. Out of session contact should be for your benefit, not his. And I rarely talk about things that are going *right* in my life during therapy. To me that's the point of therapy...to deal with things you don't feel positive about. You might pretend to be happy with friends, but you shouldn't have to do so with a therapist.