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Mental Health Support

HereSince1628

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8. Some of the last things that were said to me in session, I pretty strongly rejected

Reply to Locut0s (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 07:13 AM

Apr 2013

which is why I walked away from it I had a feeling that the therapist was saying things about me being unreachable and untreatable just to vent his and to get me off his client list.

My awareness of my lack of feeling about my brother stirs doubt around what I thought were just gratuitously cruel things said by a frustrated therapist.

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Got a call yesterday evening, that a brother had killed himself and I don't care [View all] HereSince1628 Apr 2013 OP

No one is inside your skin but you. annabanana Apr 2013 #1

Yes, I'd agree that my sense of normal is mine HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #4

I hear you. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #2

I can't speak to any pathologies. I don't know you. postatomic Apr 2013 #3

You've touched on part of what is curious to me... I usually can recognize a personal tragedy HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #5

. libodem Apr 2013 #6

Personally I think the idea that you HAVE to love your relatives is just another tool people use... Locut0s Apr 2013 #7

Some of the last things that were said to me in session, I pretty strongly rejected HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #8

To whom does the therapist owe allegience ??????? olddots Apr 2013 #9

Thing of it is...I think therapy helps some people, I don't want to say it doesn't HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #10

Who knows the agenda behind their opinions ??????????? olddots Apr 2013 #11

Well, I may have problems, but it isn't JUST ME HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #12

sounds like you might have good reason to cut him out of your life. mopinko Apr 2013 #14

i don't quite know that i can completely relate fizzgig Apr 2013 #13

I have relatives that I feel and have felt that way about Tobin S. Apr 2013 #15

Thanks, I'm not sure it's a matter of lonliness but rather doubt about self-awareness HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #16