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Originally Posted by missbella
My therapists were not so much friends or lovers as wizards, divine omniscient beings who had mastered life, knew The Answers and rationed poor wretched me clues by eye dropper. So they weren’t prostitutes as much as actors playing a role they appeared to believe themselves*. I feel duped.
*A therapist I know nonprofessionally is similarly as vain and arrogant.
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My first therapist was a "wizard" as well, the exact type you are describing, a cocky arrogant A-hole. who woudn't even allow the idea that he might not have all the answers. But he was also the one who introduced the concept of our "relationship" being "both professional and intimate", which sounded like a non sense to me immediately and still does. It felt seductive and as an intrusion into my personal space. So, as much as that crowd loves to talk about boundaries, my experience was that they crossed my boundaries much more than I crossed theirs.