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How To Tell Therapist?

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So I've been in therapy for 6 months not for ptsd but for bpd.
I was diagnosed with ptsd but I forced my psychiatrist to not write it down on the letter that I had to give my therapist to be accepted for dbt (what im doing now). Don't ask me why, it seemed a good idea at the time.
When my therapist took my history she asked me about trauma and I briefly told her I was raped by my boyfriend when in high school (just that). There were times where it came up in sessions but we never talked about it more as in dbt, talking about trauma in detail comes in a later stage. I told her about nightmares few months ago but not the content of it.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of that date and since yesterday I've been really upset and triggered. I hardly slept last night due to nightmares and today I'm having constant flashbacks that make me suicidal. As I am in crisis, I contacted her to help me use skills and she asked me what happened and I couldn't talk. I can't even say the word "rape". She told me as I can't talk about it, to write everything i feel down on a paper and If I can to send her a message as to what is tomorrow.

I really want to, but I have no idea how and what to write in the text. I just need to get it out of my chest.
 
How about paraphrasing your second-to-last paragraph? She probably understands about anniversary triggers. Tell her the anniversary of the rape is tomorrow and, just like you told us, that you are triggered, not sleeping, and having flashbacks that make you suicidal. (Be sure not to minimize this, say it just like you said it - flashbacks that make you suicidal.) That says the main points without going into too much detail, which she can ask you for if she needs it for clarification. For now, you need help. I'd say keep it simple.
 
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