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May explain why most [[There Are No Therapists|don't bother.]]
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While not entirely the case, this can occasionally be considered [[Truth in Television]], seeing as some therapists do end up depressed or taking medication due to the relationship with their patients.
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== Comic Books ==
* Marv of ''[[Sin City]]'' was once psychoanalyzed, but the analyst, the girlfriend of his parole officer Lucille, pulled out because she "got too scared."
* [[Watchmen|Rorschach]], as the page quote suggests, causes a gradual breakdown of his therapist's positive worldview, and replaces it with his own existential perspective. Dr. Long comes to realize that nothing truly means anything, and that reality is just like the inkblots that gave Rorschach his name: the only meaning in life is that which we choose to impose. Despite this, though, he ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|still tries]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|to help people]]'', because to him, [[The Anti
** He's showing signs of a real recovery by the time {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|he blows up along with New York City]]}}.
* Harley Quinn from ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'' was the Joker's therapist, Dr. Harleen Quinnzel, before he drove her insane. Now she's nuttier than a fruitcake and a [[Villainous Harlequin]] to boot. Really, though, she deserves it for not [[Genre Savvy|spotting]] the [[Meaningful Name]] and bailing to get it changed before things got too... [[Love Makes You Evil|weird]].
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* Played with in the second and third ''[[Terminator]]'' films. Neither the patient [Sarah Connor] nor the therapist is crazy. The therapist just prefers to ''think'' he is insane than to accept that her story could be correct.
** And that's totally understandable until halfway through the third movie.
* This is basically the plot of ''[[What About Bob]]'' although it's a variation: The therapist is on vacation and the patient follows him. This is mixed with a hearty dollop of [[The
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