Originally Posted by
Della1968 
My thoughts on therapy...I know I need it but I have yet to find one who challenges me....
Since I got sober I have had to face some things in myself I didn't necessarily want to. I would have always told you I was an empath and I truly do feel pain for other people and want to fix everything. Now I wonder if I really am narcissistic and some of my caring is for my own benefit. Then sometimes I wonder if I really am just crazy.
Love to all
I think we do best to challenge ourselves in therapy and not rely on the talents of a therapist to bring the fight to us. I expect my therapist to keep up with me rather than expect them to set the pace or the immediate goals of each session. I'm paying for their professional expertise in assisting me to walk my chosen path. If they can't for whatever reason assist empowering me in support of my choices, this needs to be addressed in my first session. I expect my therapist to help me help myself. Anything less or more than this is not therapy, but rather just an ongoing relationship with my "friendly therapist"
I'm thinking Della you're nowhere near being a narcissistic person. I'm unsure why you suggest you may be. It certainly doesn't manifest in your posts, to me anyways. Empathic abilities are something else again, eh?
Could you have two more dissimilar poles of comparison: narcissistic vs. empathic? You've covered both extremes
