That is absolutely the right thing to say, and, man, you get some serious points for realizing that. I've known people - not many, mind you - who wanted to be my friend 'cause they wanted free therapy. Didn't hang out with them for long, you know? Plus the whole power imbalance thing just really screws up a friendship.
[Sam grins at him. He'd made the offer because it felt like the right thing to do, but Cisco's right, too; it'd be massively unethical on his part, not to mention awful in a lot of ways. Hopefully, he'll be able to find a civilian therapist he clicks with, and Sam thinks he will. Violent trauma isn't at all uncommon among people here, although he suspects most of them don't seek out treatment.]
Yeah, I've read my fair share of those papers, too - well, you know, grad school. The science just doesn't always connect with what's really happening to you. Like, you don't think about it because you can't. Although if you can get your brain off the track of panic and think about it in logical, scientific terms and dissect what's happening to you, it might help.
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[Sam grins at him. He'd made the offer because it felt like the right thing to do, but Cisco's right, too; it'd be massively unethical on his part, not to mention awful in a lot of ways. Hopefully, he'll be able to find a civilian therapist he clicks with, and Sam thinks he will. Violent trauma isn't at all uncommon among people here, although he suspects most of them don't seek out treatment.]
Yeah, I've read my fair share of those papers, too - well, you know, grad school. The science just doesn't always connect with what's really happening to you. Like, you don't think about it because you can't. Although if you can get your brain off the track of panic and think about it in logical, scientific terms and dissect what's happening to you, it might help.