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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short, I am a trailing spouse and hate where I live. It's caused depression, so like a mostly sane person, I tried therapy. I word vomited for the first fifteen minutes about how I hate where I live and why. [b]She listened, then when I stopped talking, said, "Well, I love it here.[/b] I don't understand why you don't."

Obviously, the rest of the session didn't go well. I tried once more with her, then moved on to someone else. Same response. I just had a first session with a fourth therapist, and you guessed it...same response. I'm frustrated. I feel lonely and isolated and insulting these people makes me feel worse, but where I live literally IS the problem. I want to learn how to love it like they do, because all my issues stems from it. Am I supposed to couch my words? Something else? Help.

(FWIW, I am not in the DMV. Grew up there, live elsewhere now.)[/quote]

Wow, that's such a BS response. I've been in a lot of therapy, and I'd be pissed it anyone had said anything like that. I'm really shocked that you found that over again. No, you don't couch your words with a therapist. Try again. Maybe someone online, who doesn't live there. You should also say why you are looking for a new therapist and be clear that they placed their thoughts over yours. I've told therapists if they've said something I didn't like or agree with. That is why you use them!

I'm honestly shocked that anyone would say that, let alone be defensive. That therapist needed her own therapy to reveal why she was so defensive. Your words don't insult a therapist. They are supposed to be professionals who understand that their thoughts about your words is why they are "insulted."

I was a trailing spouse, who liked where I lived until I didn't. It brings up a special set of issues, like your life is on hold. It's challenging.

GL![/quote]

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