growingpains
Silver Member
I am waiting to get a new therapist (that is how the health care system works here and it can take a very long time). I know I need therapy since my PTSD has been untreated for a long time now and has caused problems in my life again. The problem is I went through quite a few therapists before getting one that understood me--that was the one who diagnosed my PTSD. Luckily he had worked in the military as a psychologist and hit the nail on the head when he saw my PTSD. Anyway, it is hard enough to get normal people to understand me, the type of person that I am. It is much harder with a therapist. They want to call you out on your dysfunction and before that therapist I was accused of having other disorders which did not fit my symptoms at all. That scared me. I am shy and extremely introverted but very good at "playing extrovert" when I need to talk and interact with others. But it takes a very long time for me to open up. I just wonder if anyone has any tips for how to be myself and assert myself in therapy so we don't waste each other's time and so that I feel comfortable enough with opening up and trusting a therapy-type relationship when I have even been let down by therapists in my past experiences. Thank you in advance for any advice or words of wisdom.
