Posted by Dinah on November 9, 2008, at 21:16:07
In some ways, I'm healthier, stronger, wiser, and more put together than my therapist. He'll tell me outright I'm better than he is in a crisis, for example. I know I'm more introspective and more likely to be insightful.
That doesn't mean he can't help me, does it? He helps me all the time. He's my slightly removed, objective, therapist. The person who keeps me grounded and helps me avoid spinning off into space or skidding out of control.
And I may be healthier and more put together than he is sometimes, but that's because I have him. He doesn't have him in his life.
Some people just need that in their lives or their thoughts just twist and turn on themselves into a tight useless knot. I wouldn't be anywhere near as put together as he is if I didn't have him in my life.
Sigh.
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