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How to handle when a therapist self-discloses suddenly? Been seeing a trauma therapist for 4 months (previously saw someone else for 7 years). And over these past couple of weeks, I've finally gotten to the point of being 'comfortable-enough' to sit back on her couch... instead of always perched on the edge, scanning the room, giving topical answers. Hadn't yet opened up much yet.
However, I think I musta got a little too comfortable last week and mentioned how I used to self-harm and used to have those kinds of "-al" tendencies. I felt like I was finally comfortable enough to want to open up. But the therapist got a little angry in the spur of the moment and said she had a loved one do 'that' to her family -- she elf-disclosed a LOT of details. I felt like I was rightly being shamed for bringing it up.
Now I KNOW her intentions were in the right place; she might have just been worried about me or triggered herself. I totally get it.
But now, I'm feeling like I said wayyyy too much. How do I broach this without feeling like I'm traumatizing the therapist? Do I pull back? Not talk about stuff? Go back to perching on the edge of the couch and keeping things topical? Any thoughts?
However, I think I musta got a little too comfortable last week and mentioned how I used to self-harm and used to have those kinds of "-al" tendencies. I felt like I was finally comfortable enough to want to open up. But the therapist got a little angry in the spur of the moment and said she had a loved one do 'that' to her family -- she elf-disclosed a LOT of details. I felt like I was rightly being shamed for bringing it up.
Now I KNOW her intentions were in the right place; she might have just been worried about me or triggered herself. I totally get it.
But now, I'm feeling like I said wayyyy too much. How do I broach this without feeling like I'm traumatizing the therapist? Do I pull back? Not talk about stuff? Go back to perching on the edge of the couch and keeping things topical? Any thoughts?
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