I meant the therapist wasn&#x27;t asking the patient to predict the future by asking if she was sure, as the author suggests (by thinking &#x27;absolutely&#x27; meant in case of any event, or under any circumstances, even if the apocalypse happened). I&#x27;m just illustrating the logic behind &#x27;absolutely sure&#x27;.
I think the therapist&#x27;s question is logically sound, even under scrutiny because &quot;sure&quot; is basically a subjective perspective, therefore it is possible to be absolutely sure, because you can search within you to see if that absoluteness exists. That&#x27;s why I thought the author of the article was stretching it a bit much, and her premise of &quot;being too academic&quot; doesn&#x27;t hold for me in that example. I get what she means, but I guess those were bad examples, and exemplify that she probably has English as a second language, rather than her thinking being too academic. I guess I&#x27;m not convinced because if anything, being too academic should give you the tools to completely dissect someone else&#x27;s message, rather than not understanding it properly.