Because they have empathy with the victim of the story and don't realize that it takes a victim to have empathy in the first place. 

90% of therapists stabilize a harmful condition. That is cruel. 10% helpful therapy doesn't make up for it. 

When family members of alcoholics do this shit, we call it codependency, but when a shrink does it, we call it therapy. Funny. 

 Man that is so true