I feel like, what else are we doing with our lives? We have to live with ourselves, no one else does. Only we can accuse ourselves of being self-obsessed because we're the only ones who can see into ourselves that far!

But a woman who isn't paying attention to the people, her husband and children, while she's in therapy has another problem with being self-obsessed. Therapy teaches us how to better relate to others, not just ourselves. If someone isn't practicing that at work, home, out shopping, etc. then I don't think they're doing very well in therapy. Just contemplating one's belly button is not therapy, one has to do field work out in reality and work with current relationships too.