Mad unprofessional to do this in a group therapy sitting, either she's inexperienced or she full well knew what she was doing, i would've been pissed off as you were. The "Deer is quiet" from the other patient is already cheeky enough and shouldn't have been further entertained by your therapist.
More unprofessional shit but sadly not uncommon in the mental healthcare sector from my own experiences.
Somewhere in there, that's a weirdly impressive achievement. Muslims are a mixed bag here (not counting fucking all of them owning a pizzeria for some reason. Why is this a trend?)
Apparently she's been there for fifteen years or so. I suppose she is used very specific types of patients because me and the other patients are slightly put off by her. Be it a penchant for staring at you or pushing people to get a specific answer or forcing a change of view regardless of what people say.
I've never understood buying something that loses a tenth of its value the instant you drive it off the lot. Fuck that. That's literally like just burning money. And cars are notorious for fucking up really early into ownership. I'd rather just buy something that I know has been driven for a year or two without falling into pieces.
Also, have you seen how many of our local munchies and wacko lolcow people desire to become counselors, therapists, even psychologists? There really are people who manage to squeak by and who might be able to pass a test, but really don't have the ethical fiber to be working with vulnerable populations. They don't have to be full-on lolcows to have personal problems that they insert into their practice. Not all "professionals" are always so professional. .....I once had a therapist declare her love for me.
Then don't go. Group does not work for everyone and even if it works, in every single group setting, be it for alcohol or general mental health stuff, i've been in there was always some attention whore or someone who disrupted the group in some way and in the end i was just wasting time. I found 1:1 therapy to be always more helpful, back before i lost all of my trust in psychiatry and adjacent fields. I get that it is hard to host a group even as a seasoned therapist but still, it's your life/mental health, why should you make any compromises because other people are shit or otherwise inept?
Yeah, fuck this. I remember outright saying no, i won't do this in one of my last groups where the therapist wanted us to pair up and do a session of telling the other person what we like about them. These people were strangers to me and ceased to exist the minute i left the clinic, i neither wanted to affirm them nor wanted to hear lies out of some stranger's mouth about me who doesn't know me in the slightest. I also learned very fast in group that i am not interested in other peoples problems in the slightest.
It's for money laundering, same as the millions of muslim-owned barber shops.
Really sorry for loss addiction is not easy (but you have great strength to overcome it for 10 years)
That's why you order online and take it in store. Cancel order and return without hassle for full refund.
Truth. I only got so pissed because i already ordered another jacket online after noticing the one i returned doesn't really fit me, firmly convinced i'd get my money back so i can pay the one i ordered online. Now i have to send that one straight back when it arrives. I realize the error is on my side for, once again, leaving my house in the first place.
That's the problem with this "radical acceptance" bullshit that has become so prevalent lately. It allows one asshole to fuck it up for everyone else. I don't see any point in group therapy that allows this.
