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Old Jul 23, 2020, 06:21 AM
Anonymous41549
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
Therapists are actors. They have a therapist persona. I think they are insufferable enough when you deal with that persona for 50 minutes - it would be completely intolerable in real life.

We all have a work persona and we present differently in different circumstances. I don't believe most therapists are interested (or smart) enough to create elaborate roles which they then act out. I think they are just like the rest of us - self-interested and mostly unaware.