Trust me, I know Jazz. I hear it from mine constantly. They think we are all cookie cutters. Some of it is stuff that they see over and over, but not all. We are individuals, but they are taught, at least in the initial stages, to treat us as if we are not. All I can say it that some of it you can only try to not take personally.

Guess what, some of it they will be correct on, but some of it they won't. Even the stuff they are correct on though is meaningless at first, it is just like saying "get over it". If you could just get over it, you would not need help. Hell, I know most of the stuff they tell me. Knowing does mean spit. I want to know how to work through it. If I say a subject is not something I want to discuss, then move on. Do not tell me you've seen the same thing a hundred times, because you have not, I have not been here 100 times.

You won't get past that the first part of your treatment though. They will try to cookie cutter you, until they learn how much of that really fits you, and how much they have to personalize. Unfortunately, it is a product of our "modern" medical system. They start everyone with roughly the same symptoms in exactly the same pattern of treatment, and see what part of it works, then adjust.

I will tell you an example: The first group I was in, the leader admitted they were going to use "best accepted practices". That means, they were going to use a technique that would help the most people in the group, for the least amount of effort. He then stated that 1/3 of the people would fail to follow the treatment plan. Of the remaining, 3/4 would be help, 1/4 would not. I looked around the room, at about 60 people I had never met. I picket out 20 who I felt would not finish the class. I then picked out 10 that I did not think it would help. 19 of the 20 I chose, did not finish. 8 to the 10 were no better off after the class than before. They play the odds until they know different.

First session is just to put you into the right category of treatment. For some reason, they seem to thing telling you that it is no different than others will put you more at ease. It does not. Knowing that there are others who have been help that are similar to you is great, but we are still individuals.

OK, that was long, but basically, yes, I know exactly what you mean.