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I have been in therapy now for about 18 months, working with a therapist who is really wonderful. Even still it has been such a hard road--trusting her, accepting our relationship, accepting her care, the attachment pain, just hard. My trauma is predominantly childhood/interpersonal and involves...

I'm not sorry for reading this and don't require any apology. You're brave for putting words to the pain, for letting yourself and others hear it. I know there's nothing to say--there are no right or simple words, no magic bullet, only acknowledgment, knowing, recognizing, seeing, and hearing...

Thanks to all for the good comments, and @sun seeker I can definitely think this through from the other angle, too, and so thank you for sharing that. I haven't yet figured out a balance for sharing with my kids more openly, and that's something for me to think about--particularly if it could...

Thank you @Lola Nocheprieta...it must be that academics think alike...;) I'm sorry you relate but also so grateful.

I find that my biggest anxiety challenges are Friday night through Sunday. I think it's a combination of the more open schedule, the lack of structure, and the fact that I am simply more visible to/in contact with my kids and husband on those days. I feel greater self-consciousness, more guilt...

Everyone except my husband and therapist. I am in a lot of ways still a stranger to myself, finding my way through all this. In professional circles, I'm very high functioning--and this makes me feel great loneliness. That I have worked hard to build a persona of such competency has created a...

Thank you all again--such smart and insightful responses. I think I at once understand and struggle with the issue of "choice"--perhaps I am experience the decision not to disclose (whatever--again, the content isn't so important/her choice, as I'm not asking for any specifics) as triggering in...

You all are so great--thank you for the quick and honest and thoughtful responses. My reaction to her "blank slate" is to get stuck, and also to get feelings of despair and sadness--ie, she can't/won't change or fix this, and I need her to or feel I will lose her/disconnect completely. We've had...

I've been in therapy now for just about 1.5 years with a therapist I think is truly wonderful in so many ways (patient, supportive, compassionate...), but I continue to struggle with what is her pretty staunch commitment to non-disclosure. I have an interpersonal/childhood trauma background that...

I'm tearing up here because I think it was really brave of you to post what you did. Thanks for modeling that for me.

I get lightheaded, nauseous, and racing heart is one of my standards...I've hyperventilated before but never during a therapy session and I'm afraid of that happening in front of T. I zone out of course, but she's gotten pretty good at picking that up--noticing sometimes even before I do.

I'm new to the site, have huge respect for the hardships others have endured and for the compassion shown here. I think I might be able to offer a unique perspective on this one and so here's my first post--hope it is helpful in light of all that's already been written here-- I was first told I...