[They might need to work harder at treating him like someone else.] Before you came here, when was the last time anyone treated you like someone else? [It sounds like everyone in his world treated him like a killer, eventually.]
Have you talked to any of the counselors here yet? [They remember seeing something about dissociation in his file. They can relate to it, in a way, but they doubt they could help.]
[That was how the psychologists in their world had worked, eventually.] Dr. Bright and Dr. Graham seem less likely to do that. Sometimes there are clinical aspects to it, but not always. The idea is to explore things about yourself in a different way than you would with a warden or a friend.
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What helps you see yourself as someone else?
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[They might need to work harder at treating him like someone else.] Before you came here, when was the last time anyone treated you like someone else? [It sounds like everyone in his world treated him like a killer, eventually.]
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[And he'd treated her the same, even if he feels like he was faking it.]
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Your file says you loved her, [they say, after a moment.] It might have felt fake, but you treated her like a person you could love.
What does feel real?
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But this place, the people in it, they feel very real, a lot of the time. Most of the time.
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Have you talked to any of the counselors here yet? [They remember seeing something about dissociation in his file. They can relate to it, in a way, but they doubt they could help.]
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What stops you from trusting them?
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[That was how the psychologists in their world had worked, eventually.] Dr. Bright and Dr. Graham seem less likely to do that. Sometimes there are clinical aspects to it, but not always. The idea is to explore things about yourself in a different way than you would with a warden or a friend.
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Have you met either of them yet?
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Do you feel like you would eventually be able to talk to him about those things?
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