I don't know, I get this sense therapy has a "hold on a minute" attitude and keeps me stuck, god dam**t
It is kind of invalidating. For example, I say person 1 is [insert negative-considered bad abusive trait here], and then the session ends up with "That person may not be that bad", or "That person may have some good sides to them"
While this gives an eased feeling particularly from stress, it completely and utterly invalidates my experiences!
It's kind of to say "Surely they weren't that bad". It's still a process, but I already talked about it with the therapist (about the whole invalidation process). I always feel drained, this is the third time. While I can feel better, it's nothing but a comforting feeling, and not some embracing of the core truth and toughening up. Manning up, so to speak, to see the world for what it is and grow from it. To be invalidated despite direct talks about it - while comforting I have to say it's absolutely disgusting

I want to particularly hear from men about this. No problem with women, but particularly men