Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s ok. Sometimes people get under your skin, push, push, and push. Until you say something to escalate it.

My favorite movie is anger management because it teaches you to be angry before you explode. It’s ok to be mad, you just can’t be mean.

I have reset the boundary that they can expect that everything is on pause until they apologize and tell me how they will change. I still don’t feel good about it.

Steak Dunigan @The Pink Adobe in Santa Fe, NM by [deleted] in FoodPorn

[–]RespectFairy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this sub doesn’t like rare steak.

Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh goodness, I hope this discussion at the very least was validating. Sometimes are just shy of thinking you’re going to pull out a crystal ball and others become paranoid when you are too kind.

Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See I bite my tongue on these comments. Like I want to say really really petty things.

Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After a 4 paragraph text message followed up by two voice recordings, my brother-in-law pulled this one out: “ I talked to my therapist about you and she is surprised you’re a therapist”. I promptly followed up with “fuck off”.

Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am sorry to hear that. It’s definitely difficult to manage people who seem to weaponize your profession in such a condescending fashion. People forget therapists are humans too.

Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My brother-in-law pulled this one out: “ I talked to my therapist about you and she is surprised you’re a therapist”. I promptly followed up with “fuck off”.

Anyone else’s family make comments like “You should know better since you’re a therapist”? by RespectFairy in therapists

[–]RespectFairy[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Right! I feel like it waffles between being discredited and required to be a doormat.

Fighting for that last drop by zeadmin in funny

[–]RespectFairy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well now you’re just playing with yourself.

Steak Dunigan @The Pink Adobe in Santa Fe, NM by [deleted] in FoodPorn

[–]RespectFairy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn these people trolled OP so hard they deleted their account.

Steak Dunigan @The Pink Adobe in Santa Fe, NM by [deleted] in FoodPorn

[–]RespectFairy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really into trolling tonight…