I emailed my therapist a big, long word vomit about some kinda traumatic shit that happened in my life

and she just sends back "This is a lot. That must have been really emotional for you to type out. (Sent from my iPhone)"

Idk if that's a normal therapist response. Comes across as kinda like, patronizing I guess? IDK, the vibes were off and I felt weird about sending all that. I think I'm gonna stop doing therapy. I have the answers to all my problems already so it's kind of a moot point anyway.

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Doomflower · 41-45, M

Wow that sucks. I would have read it that way too.

But to kinda try and look at it differently, she might not have intended that tone. It might be helpful for you to consider asking her about it.

I say that because I've done the same thing at therapists and they've responded in a way that felt kind of dismissive at first. On follow up they were actually really warm and kind. I think it's like, they want to reply and respond to all of it but don't have time to do it right away so they send something to acknowledge me so they have a chance to process and come up with a therapeutic way to address the content later.

And re: quitting therapy... I don't know your whole life and so I can't tell you what you should do but in my personal experience, if I am thinking about quitting it usually means I am actually doing some real therapeutic work and benefitting from therapy. Growth is uncomfortable. Gains are pains. Yadda yadda

Edit: Oh I see about the follow up. Ooof. Okay, maybe not the best fit.