I have said this in a lot of posts, but feel the need to say it again. Please be very careful when you share. It took me a couple decades to just seek treatment. Then months and months before I "shared." the counselor knew I had something painful to share. the counselor's response was not good or helpful to me and hurt me. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I didn't cause the therapist's reaction, though they said it was my fault and that I did not deserve care. this reaction to my sharing about the "event" caused an enormous upheaval in my life. It has taken over a year to come to understand what happened to me in that one session. So everyone says, "therapist are trained to hear it" and "therapy is the place to share,"-- but I would like to offer a very real possibility is you won't get the response you may hope for. This counselor has all the right "letters' after their name, too, and years of --experience. So I did think it was all my fault since I already knew I was a horrible person----no, the truth is therapists are people who have their own crap and generalize people, & judge people based on their appearance & speech patterns, and they get triggered with stuff, too. There's nothing wrong with going slowly and hopefully you will know when you are truly safe to share. Best wishes