Hmmmm, I really hate rhetorical question too. I'm my case its usually because the challenge an assumption which... I regret acknowledging I had. In this case, it seems as though you T was trying to make you analyze your feelings instead of just sitting with you while you felt them.

I also hate when my responses are met with silence. Makes me feel like either a) the person wasn't really listening to me or b) that they heard what I said but it was so freaky and they didn't know what to say in response to it.

Pink...I hope your in-person session goes better.