These two cartoons symbolise the emotional impact of being reminded. Looking in the mirror symbolises the narcissistic confrontation with our selves and the challenge of this confrontation with our selves. Psychotherapeutic work and psychiatric work often lay down an emotional gauntlet of a personal and professional challenge to the practitioner.  

The professional challenge may be in being reminded of our limitations, the limitations of our understanding and the personal challenge may be in this emotional process of being reminded of disturbing aspects of our selves.  

I would contend that these personal and professional challenges lie at the heart of good psychiatric and psychotherapeutic work and it’s when the therapist becomes aware of these challenges that the process of working through in the therapist on behalf of the patient can begin.