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A comment on Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf] by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:31PM (#31345334)
> but talking to friends about favorite video games while weaving them was like free therapy.

This is backwards. Your friends aren't cheap knockoffs of a therapist. Therapists are people you pay to pretend to be your friend.

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Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf] by germinalphrase on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:36PM (#31345398)
This is bassakwards. A therapist isn’t supposed to be - let alone pretend to be - your friend at all.
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Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf] by glowingly on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:15PM (#31345880)
No parasocial experience really is. However, intent of the therapist may not be fully acknowledged by the patients.
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