Thanks, makes me feel better that you think that. I believe he's trying to make a point that I was a difficult child for my mother to raise, so I should have some empathy for my mom and forgive her for her failings. But I'm really struggling with that. With the paternal transference I've recently started feeling toward T, it all feels so much more intense, the things he says. He can be pretty blunt, and I've mostly adapted to that, but this just stings. I need to find out tomorrow if he understands why it's so painful for me. If he doesn't...I may need to move on to a different T.