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@Jane.l Do you have any insight as to how to get over that since you said you recently have come to terms with it?

Thanks everyone. I also just talked to my cousin who has had many years of therapy experience. The way he put it is similar to how @Suzetig said above, that having these boundaries help to create safety, and keep the sessions contained in the office, so that outside of the office, my life is...

Thanks everyone for your thorough replies, that means a lot to me. My therapist has been in practice since the early '90's, so I am not sure I can pass it off as inexperience like some of you suggested. I am having a hard time getting over how I reacted when she talked to me about this (major...

I had a very awkward experience in therapy yesterday and I am hoping someone can help me sort out how and why I feel so freaked out by it. The conversation started with my therapist asking me if there is any reason that I can think of as to why my previous therapist would not call her back. I...

I have been seeing a new therapist for a few months now and just barely told her about my past which is very hard for me to talk about. I ended up finding a blog article that was similar to my experiences and emailed it to her. I'm glad I did that because it allowed her to know what I need to...

Are you in therapy?

I hate those things!

Annihilation Don't move die spider die F*ck you splat!

@Lucycat I can see how it may sound like I'm having my therapist do all the work, but my trauma was minimized by my parents, so by my therapist validating that what I experienced was traumatic helps me move past denial. And because I'm still in denial, It's hard for me to make the connections...

I would love to hear more people respond to this thread if possible. I'm just feeling insecure about my reactions...

I think I'm at the beginning stage of processing my trauma. To me, processing trauma means talking to my therapist about my history and my trauma, then my therapist will recap/repeat/clarify my experience and then she will make connections to various symptoms/feelings/issues I have in the...

When I talk to my friends or fiance about my trauma, I feel little emotion and don't get upset, but when I talk to my therapist I'm struggling to keep myself from dissociating. Does anyone else feel this way? Is this common? Or is it a trust thing maybe?

@FridayJones I also use it to connect to my emotions, but I see that as the opposite of how I use it to dissociate. If I've dissociated I don't feel or think anything. I'm barely aware of myself and my surroundings. Both are ways of soothing but totally opposite. If I really want to emotionally...

I told my therapist about something I do sometimes and was wondering if anyone else does this. She asked me if I dissociate and I said I'm not sure, but sometimes I will blast my music really loud and lay next to the speaker and I am awake but im not aware of anything, like my mind has turned...

I think you want to tell someone but I would be cautious as to whom you tell. Id tell your parents/guardians to sign you up to see a therapist. Id be hesitant to go to a school counselor because they might have different rules about reporting abuse than a non school counselor.

I'm feeling better and better since telling my therapist about my past. I really don't feel comfortable about talking about everything in detail, but just knowing that she has a much clearer picture of my story I think I might be a bit less on guard in my sessions because she will probably...

I think you should only report it if you feel like you can handle the worst possible outcome.

I survived my session! It was extremely hard to start the session and I totally threw her off guard by letting her know why I'm REALLY in therapy. It was a little embarrassing because she was like "This is very different from what you initially told me about what brought you to therapy." But she...

Its in a few hours. I will try to remember to update after! Thanks for asking :)

I only read bits and pieces of this thread and I just think long distance relationships (even if you don't have any psychological "issues") is extremely hard to sustain. It seems like you want someone who is more available and who can pay more attention to you-understandably. Dont force...

I'm going to show up to talk about it-but probably hiding in some way or another! I can imagine myself pulling a blanket up over my eyes when I am sitting in her office. It's going to be tough to avoid doing something like that! Maybe I should bring my own blanket to hide in! I feel so childish...

Thanks everyone. I totally agree with the minimizing comment @ghotiff. I'm probably still in denial a bit. As far as trusting my T, I had a moment last session where I could tell she felt like she might not know how to get through to me or that I may have found her ideas lame-but it was more...

So, my last T allowed and sometimes encouraged emailing between sessions. My new T accepts emails but won't really get into it until our session. Well after my last session I felt a little misunderstood and found an article about trauma similar to mine and emailed it to her. She hasn't heard...

Yes, I get that too and have seen my doctor about it. I'm mostly vegetarian, so adding iron supplements has been suggested. Also-try taking Vitamin D3- I swear every time I take it before bed I wake up ready to go-as opposed to wanting to sleep in and press snooze 5 times.

I'm updating this thread because I went to see my therapist tonight since my first EMDR session. I told her what happened and about how I thought of self harm. I told her I wasn't sure what I was supposed to get out of the EMDR. She said she doesn't want to continue EMDR because I "don't...