*ITT: I will tell you what defense mechanism(s) you frequently use, and possibly why you use them*

[Witty]

Originally Posted by Objective

There can be a bunch of reasons to why that is. For example that your problem isn't really that big of a problem and talking further on it will only complicate it and make it worse as opposed to you just dealing with it as it is now. That, or he wants to see if it gets worse/better and how you're dealing with rejection. But I can't talk for Veritas, therapists got their own way of dealing with people and their issues. Depends solely on each person and how they choose to attack a certain problem.

I think its because he thinks I'm trolling.

I can't blame him for that, sometimes I'm not sure when I'm joking or being serious so it would be hypocritical of me to expect others to make that distinction.