I have "friends", but I have not seen any of them in years. I've been thinking about mending a relationship with a childhood friend. There's my therapist who currently is the only person I actually make an effort to see and probably the only really sensible person that is in my life right now. I've drifted away from most of my "friends". Some I purposefully distanced myself from them. Others I would have loved to have kept in contact with but, for whatever reason, we stopped contact and some I could not get their contact info. In the past, I've had friends that invited me to outings but I would always make an excuse not to see them. I realize now that for whatever reason, whether I realized it or not at the time, that I was actually isolating myself.
Your therapist isn't your friend. They're only posing as a "friend" because you pay them. It's their job to be your "friend". You're not their friend. You're just another client who's wallet they suck dry.
People who consider their therapist a true friend is insane, which is why they went to a therapist in the first place.
I know, but this therapist, due to therapeutic approaches, is actually open towards having non-sexual dual relationships with her clients. Its not illegal and I am open to the idea. She hasn't brought it up because it would be too early in the therapeutic relationship to do so. I don't see her as a friend. Right now, she is a doctor and a person that I really connect with and again, one of the few sensible people that I know.
Does anyone on this site have any REAL friends?
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I have "friends", but I have not seen any of them in years. I've been thinking about mending a relationship with a childhood friend. There's my therapist who currently is the only person I actually make an effort to see and probably the only really sensible person that is in my life right now. I've drifted away from most of my "friends". Some I purposefully distanced myself from them. Others I would have loved to have kept in contact with but, for whatever reason, we stopped contact and some I could not get their contact info. In the past, I've had friends that invited me to outings but I would always make an excuse not to see them. I realize now that for whatever reason, whether I realized it or not at the time, that I was actually isolating myself.
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*hugs back* :)
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Just like in toy story, u got a friend in me, let me be ur woody, wink wink
Your therapist isn't your friend. They're only posing as a "friend" because you pay them. It's their job to be your "friend". You're not their friend. You're just another client who's wallet they suck dry.
People who consider their therapist a true friend is insane, which is why they went to a therapist in the first place.
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You're the rapist
Yeah because therapists aren't humans like everyone else who develops feelings toward and connections between other humans.
I know, but this therapist, due to therapeutic approaches, is actually open towards having non-sexual dual relationships with her clients. Its not illegal and I am open to the idea. She hasn't brought it up because it would be too early in the therapeutic relationship to do so. I don't see her as a friend. Right now, she is a doctor and a person that I really connect with and again, one of the few sensible people that I know.