Do I love my T?

I don't love my t. Most times I do not even like her. I agree the only reason a t does their job is because they get paid. It is the reason I do my job, even though I enjoy it. I certainly hope they find some satisfaction in t-ing (and I certainly do not know what satisfaction that would be, as I have no idea what they are supposed to be doing and to me it mostly looks like they do nothing - again - my experience). I personally did not think the original poster was telling others how to feel or be or pontificating, but that was just my reaction to the posts. I sort of have started thinking of therapy as some sort of hellish disneyland - where you are having an experience in an artificial setting. The fact it is artificial does not stop one from having some experience. The scary thrill of a rollercoaster - it can be quite scary to go through even though it is designed to be safe, and when you are through there is the heady rush of having survived. Just because it was designed to be reasonably safe (neither amusement park rides nor therapy are completely safe) does not mean the racing pulse, feeling of fear, etc did not occur.

I am baffled by this response. Where are these vicious attacks? I don't see anyone attacking...

They DO look more benign upon rereading this afternoon. Yes I do take my medication regularly, but I take it before bedtime, so maybe it was getting low in the bloodstream last nite? I do not take any other other mood-altering substances except hot chocolate. I am sorry if I offended anyone. I did feel weird last night, kinda loosey-goosey.

I don't love my T. In fact, she often irritates me. Some of it is her, some of it is me. By looking at the part that is me, I do learn things, which is why I keep going. That, and I have good insurance.

But I have never had these loving feelings for a t that other people experience. I'm never totally unguarded. The times I've been most honest about that have been some of my best sessions, weirdly.

Sorry for poking my nose in, but I’d just like to correct something that I wrote earlier. It just occurred to me that the word ‘why’ doesn’t belong in the following sentence.
I’ve replaced it with the correct one, ‘how’.

He/she uses open questions ‘who, what, where, when, how?’ to encourage you to open up a certain part of yourself.

Sorry about that. All the best,

John.

You...you... JOURNALIST!!!