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[in my therapist's office]

THERAPIST: But what you don't want to do is be accidentally fighting against each other.
ME: No.
THERAPIST: You see, it's like -

[his face lights up and he digs in a cupboard behind him]

Have you seen one of these? Do you know what it is?

[he hands me a finger trap, looking more animated than I have ever seen him]

ME: ...yes.
THERAPIST: Well, put it on, put it on! People think that they have to pull their fingers apart to get the finger trap off, but that only makes it worse! To get the trap off you have to push your fingers in!
ME: [removing finger trap] Here.
THERAPIST: Oh no, you keep that. I've got a whole drawerful of them. I just love watching people try to get these things off, it's amazing. I could watch it all day.
ME: ...did you become a therapist because of finger traps?
THERAPIST: Aren't they great?