"get well faster" ??? Perhaps he percieves you increasing the momentum and is just trying to keep pace with you.

Group therapy is not so bad. You can just sit there like a lump and get value from it. My experience is a lot of folks are passive for many sessions. I was. On the other side of the coin is some who try to dominate the session and never get past the I-ME-MINE stuff and never hear what anyone else has to say. My guess, based on your participation here, is that you would really take a liking to groups.

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