Maybe their therapist suggested this. You are making a lot of assumptions about this person with absolutely no information.
If most of my therapists had been told I did something like this and that it helped me they would ask about it to share as an option with other patients.
Who cares if it’s a coping mechanism? It’s a healthy coping mechanism, the same as imagining someone dressed as a clown or something. That’s all therapy gives you anyway. Healthy ways to deal with the world around you.
Maybe their therapist suggested this. You are making a lot of assumptions about this person with absolutely no information.
If most of my therapists had been told I did something like this and that it helped me they would ask about it to share as an option with other patients.
Who cares if it’s a coping mechanism? It’s a healthy coping mechanism, the same as imagining someone dressed as a clown or something. That’s all therapy gives you anyway. Healthy ways to deal with the world around you.