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Originally Posted by stopdog
I have no idea why someone would feel realer at a therapy appointment than anywhere else. I did not realize people felt not real in most of their life. And I have no idea why a therapist would think of their therapist persona as authentic or why a client would care.
Baffling as all get out to me.
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I put up such high walls to protect the depression, anxiety, and real-me from coming out with colleagues and students that I am exhausted by the end of the day. In t I can let those walls down. At home, depending on the mood of others in the house I can be more-or-less real, as needed, or more-or-less asleep.
I think my t sometimes lets her authentic self out. But I tend to be so self absorbed during t that I don't pay much attention to how she is responding to me.