(((Cat))) I'm glad you could laugh about it. I don't suppose I am at that point yet I think I might have wiped the floor with her.

Gotta feel sorry for her daughter and the therapist she chooses. She just might find that her daughter is struggling and in therapy because of her (the mother's) attitude and egotistical ways. Boy oh boy won't that be a bombshell for her to accept if that is the case.

Smile and wave boys....smile and wave...

B2W

you know what I can relate to having someone judge me for being in therapy too long, for being in therapy for issues that aren't really that bad, that I should just get on with it and sort out my problems myself (maybe with a bit of breathing thrown in )

Problem is it's me that's judging myself.

Cat, somehow I think you will have the last laugh. Poor 13 year old girl, sounds like she will be there for a while.

On the other hand, I have been in counselling for 3 years now and some of my friends say "are you still having sessions, are you not better yet, is he not working for you?"

well, I am happy with things at the moment and that is all that matters.

(((CAT)))

What an awful story. I feel so sorry for that girl.

No wonder her daughter needs therapy with a mother like that! Egads!! How rude can you be?

Wow, Catalyst, that was quite an avalanche of negativity to have dumped on you out of nowhere. So glad you were able to detach from it to the extent you were and even to laugh. That seems like quite a sign of health and good boundaries!

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I did mention my friend had a baby a couple weeks ago

Ah, that could explain the over-the-topness a bit, don't you think? I had really exaggerated responses to things the first few weeks after my daughter was born, especially. Not that that excuses a nasty and stigmatizing attitude, which it sounds like she would have about long term therapy even in a more toned down state. I hate that.

Wow, Cat, that would have really buried me pretty bad, because I constantly tell myself the same thing, although I wouldn't think it about someone else. You dealt with that really well, good job! I do feel bad for her daughter.

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Held, I also wonder if the baby-mommy hormones were influencing there! We never really know what's in another person's world; it's good to give people the benefit of the doubt...however, as Catalyst mentioned, we have a duty to ourselves to maintain our self-respect as well. I like to think of such experiences in terms of balance.

Oh, definitely! I agree with you both.

(btw, just to clarify, I said that about the postpartum stuff to maybe help Catalyst "feel better", not to minimize the attack)