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Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie
It has always irked me when a therapist normalizes things I say. Feels the same when non-therapist do it. Maybe it is dismissive. Like when you say some days I do not feel like getting out of bed and they say everyone feels that way one time or another.
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I think this kind of response is difficult and feels dismissive when we want to believe that our pain is peculiar and particular to us. It is hard to tolerate the idea that our pain is not unique and is quite ordinary when it feels crushing for us to live with it.