I meant the therapist wasn't asking the patient to predict the future by asking if she was sure, as the author suggests (by thinking 'absolutely' meant in case

I meant the therapist wasn't asking the patient to predict the future by asking if she was sure, as the author suggests (by thinking 'absolutely' meant in case of any event, or under any circumstances, even if the apocalypse happened). I'm just illustrating the logic behind 'absolutely sure'. I think the therapist's question is logically sound, even under scrutiny because "sure" 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's why I thought the author of the article was stretching it a bit much, and her premise of "being too academic" doesn'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'm not convinced because if anything, being too academic should give you the tools to completely dissect someone else's message, rather than not understanding it properly.