People Are Sharing The Most Memorable Things Their Therapists Have Said To Them

10. “One day, I said to my therapist, ‘I don’t understand why anyone would want to be my friend. I’m BORING.’ And her response was, ‘That’s not your decision.'”

11. “I was in alcohol counselling. I went 75 days without a drink, then on day 76, I got wasted. I told my counsellor about it, and how I felt incredibly down and disappointed in myself. I told him I screwed up, and that I had to start all over at day zero. He stopped me right there and said, ‘Absolutely not. You went 75 days without a drink and then made one mistake. If someone scored a 75/76 on a test, that’s still an A, and the teacher may even round it up to an A+. Those 75 days say more about your character than the one day you slipped up. You’ve learned so much in these 76 days, so now we’re on to day 77.’ I haven’t had a single drink since then, and now I’m five days away from my three-year sober anniversary.”

12. “My therapist said this to me, and it blew my mind: ‘Narcissists are like sharks. When one of them takes a bite out of you, the rest of them can smell it.'”

13. “My therapist advised me that being self-aware doesn’t always mean that I know everything. I used to talk a lot about how I just knew how a situation would unravel or how someone would react, so she encouraged me to imagine a plethora of different scenarios to actually combat that. For example, if I miss a call from my friend and didn’t get back to him that same day, I’m sure he’s upset with me. But, maybe he’s not. Maybe he had a really busy day and forgot he even called. Maybe he butt-dialed me and didn’t even mean to call me. Maybe he would have called again if he really needed something. Maybe it was a call from the matrix. Once the scenarios get bizarre, it helps me realize that I don’t know how someone feels unless they tell me, so I shouldn’t worry so much about it.”