I imagine I cannot be the only one. The idea of closing out therapy makes me feel sad/anxious. I guess in a way, when you think about it. Part is habit and routine. Every week, bi- weekly, etc. It becomes part of your routine. And deep down, I don't feel like I've resolved issues.

Hey guys,

I terminated with this therapist a little over a year ago when she got super dysregulated in a session where I was really stressed about a new living situation I had just moved into under some slumlords that put me in a place with toxic mold I got sick from. I took care of the whole thing, but was trying to process the uneasiness of paying rent to a scumbag. At this point in therapy, I sometimes found it useful to lay on the couch free-association style and stare at the ceiling to see what my inner world produced.

I said: "It kind of feels like my landlord is living in my house, and I'm like walking on eggshells." She got really triggered and ranted at me about how I had moved too many times in the past two years and needed to just commit to a place. It got to the point where it felt like she was yelling at someone else in the room that she was imagining. It was really triggering for me and I terminated with her for a little while, but couldn't find a therapist I liked better. She thanked me for being straightforward with her about the reasons why and told me she found a mentor to help figure out what happened.

Since then, things were quite a bit better, but she would every so often tell me some stuff I don't think was really relevant for me to hear. I learned that she had been audited and that it was really stressful, and that she was sort of struggling for money, which was difficult for me to hear as I was paying a limited rate with her as she ran a sliding scale. I am very grateful for this as I'm basically living paycheck to paycheck with CPTSD and avoiding taking money from my severely enmeshed (yet somewhat rich) parents that I have cut out of my life.

About a week before the election, I had a session in which not much was said, as a lot of my trauma has been resolved since working with her (she has helped me wayyy more than any other therapist I have ever had and I'm really grateful for this). There was a bit of a pause, and I was pretty okay just sitting there in silence. She then said: "how are you feeling about the election?" I replied: "Meh, I'm not really too concerned about it. It just kind of is what it is." She then asked if she could tell me how she's feeling about it. I said sure. She then went into how she's really concerned about the future of reproductive rights in the country and how Donald Trump will make Project 2025 happen. On particular issues (such as abortion), I mostly align with her...although when she brings up politics unsolicited it always bothered me, regardless of whether I agreed with her position. It just never felt appropriate.

As a military-aged male in this election, I was more concerned about being drafted into a potential world war, and that became the bottom line that I voted on. For a week, I felt really guilty about voting the way I did - partially because of my therapist's opinions. We more or less repaired it, and I said I don't think we should be talking about politics in therapy. She agreed, but honestly, it really bothered me that I have to be the one to set these boundaries in therapy. Like, I wait tables and I know better than to do that with my customers. In other areas of my life, I often struggle with feeling like I have to be the most competent one holding things together, and I really don't like feeling like I have to do this with my therapist. It's also difficult because I am probably more educated on psychology and therapy than most clients (I'm studying to become a therapist myself), and I don't want to tell her how to do her job...thing is I've felt quite a bit more competent than most of my therapists...she's just the only one I've found that is pretty humble and doesn't pretend to know everything - and has also taught me so much at the same time. I just feel weird telling her to have professional boundaries that I should expect a therapist to have from the start.

Just wondering what y'alls thoughts are here. I terminated with her more or less today, but didn't explain why. I didn't want to terminate because I didn't want to lose her, but frankly I just don't trust her to the point where I'm cool with trying other therapists...or maybe no therapist.

My therapist is taking a month off over the holidays. I totally get that she needs a break.

This will be the longest I’ve gone without seeing her or another therapist for a very long time and I know I’m going to really struggle. The holidays are also a very difficult time for me and family are visiting who I get triggered by.

I feel like I need some kind of major homework project or something to focus on to get me through this. Something both distracting from how much I’ll miss her (attachment issues) but also feeling productive in that I might make some progress or something in this time too. Any ideas? Any other strategies people have found helpful to get through long breaks like this.

I understand this is fairly common experience, but it’s still so embarrassing and humiliating. I was purposely seeking out male therapists (I’m male) to avoid this but most were virtual. I needed in person therapy and I was referred to a female therapist.

I have been seeing her biweekly for 4 months now and it was an instant good fit. I felt very safe and comfortable with her. Our personalities seemed like a good match and she’s been the best therapist I’ve had because she’s empathetic, listens well, and really contributes to the session. I really appreciate her.

Here’s where it gets confusing. She’s very attractive and it’s starting to make me think maybe it’s best not to continue. I tried pushing these feelings away but I’m afraid it will interfere with the work I’m doing in session. It’s just unfortunate since I think she’s been a great therapist. I also am fully aware of the professional boundaries and I am not delusional in believing that there’s a chance I can date her. I just would like to get rid of these feelings.

Any advice? Thank you.

So first off I’m using my girlfriend. I’m mission is to have sex with her and take her virginity. We been dating for about a year and we still haven’t had sex because of her strict parents. After we have sex I plan to do more stuff. I don’t love her, I’m just attached to her and I love that she is a virgin and pure. I want her to never forget me aswell as I have been playing the nice guy act for so long. She is madly inlove with me and I do all type of stuff like frequently lie to her, sometimes manipulate and love bomb. I get irritated whenever she cries over something that I did or if I hurt her feelings and I feel nothing when she sobs in my arms.i do try to comfort her when she does this but it’s just for her to feel better. I hate her freinds aswell. The reason I’ve been putting up with her shit for so long is because my mission isn’t complete yet. I do enjoy her presence and she is a good person and all but I only dated her for one reason as she’s not the most attractive and I’ve been with her for that only reason as well. Thank you for listening.

I’ve seen people here say that therapists shouldn’t and can’t be at our beck and call, which I completely agree with. I’ve been seeing this therapist for about a year now and we have started doing DBT. They were clear about me using coaching and that I can reach out for it if I need to. It’s foreign to me and I was very scared to take the risk and contact them outside of our time.

I’m really respectful of outside session communication, I’ve emailed maybe twice about scheduling and my therapist responds within a day or two. A while back I texted one time, a very short message, for phone coaching when I was in distress, and they didn’t respond to me. They apologized saying they were busy and I forgave them even though I felt very vulnerable for being ignored. Even just a “I can’t respond to you right now” would have been okay, or a response in a day or two.

I texted today for coaching in a legitimate emotional crisis, another very short message, and was ignored again. I just feel like a total idiot and that my problems don’t matter. I don’t understand why my therapist would offer and encourage this if they didn’t plan to follow through. I understand things happen but this is the second time, and it’s not the only instance where they’ve been forgetful with me. I want to bring this up to them but I wonder if I’m expecting too much.

Hi all,

I recently posted a thread in regards to attending therapy as an abuser. (Links seem to be automatically deleting my post, but it's up on my profile)

I just wanted to provide an update, as well as ask for advice.

Following my post, I both had a session with my therapist where I divulged I was abusive, as well as had a session with a psychologist.

I'm a bit uncertain, as both were very supportive and understanding, and it feels like it undid all the work I've done the past few years to recognize the harm I've done.

In the case of the psychologist we're moving forward with a BPD assessment, and with my therapist we're exploring childhood trauma.

I just wanted to ask Reddit's advice as commenters mentioned therapy being uncomfortable. Neither my therapist nor the psychologist dug for details in regards to the abuse, and now I'm quite concerned I've unintentionally downplayed or minimized the impact I had. Since I'm unfamiliar with therapy, I just wanted to seek your advice of whether this is a natural course of events, or in my next sessions should I restress that I've caused harm.

Thank you!

I am a 23 M . I have been having serious communication issues with people for a long time. I shut down when I get into some challanging conversation and hence i tried to avoid such incidences throughout my life. But now I feel like communication is really important and i need to face such things. But i feel shutdown andfeel like my brain isn't giving me any responses. Some people tell me it's my choice and if i truly wanted ill speak up. But deep inside ik how much struggle i go through to speak. Can I get valuable advices to change myself from this state.. Note-I had limited amount friends since my childhood and never have I ever been in deep conversation ever with them..

Sometimes during therapy, if we’re talking about anything trauma related usually, I get repeating phrases frantically stuck in my head - related to the trauma and also my therapist/therapy. “X is going to hurt you”, “x isn’t safe”, “don’t talk about x.”

It’s almost like I am being talked to or yelled at in my head. I get stuck on them and can’t communicate outside of my own head. I’m not hearing voices, but it kind of feels like a different me talking to me. I don’t usually say what it is because it feels very childish, but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced something like this in therapy?

I don't blame her for this situation, but I'm wondering if I should just deal with it or quit therapy. I'm not in a stable enough place to deal with the stress of building rapport with a new therapist, so it's this or nothing. She has another job student teaching at a university and she often needs to cancel one of my biweekly appointments.

The worst part for me is I won't find out until 5-7 days before she cancels. I know that should be enough time, but it isn't. It makes me even more dysregulated than usual, especially with the short notice.

I recently tried getting involved in a social group, one of my main goals is to start making friends again. I was so overwhelmed with anxiety that I left the group. I'm not blaming her, but I know I might have been able to handle it better if I didn't have to deal with the inconsistent scheduling. I wouldn't have taken a big step if I knew I would be missing two appointments this month.

It's at a point where I'm not feeling as open with her because I feel like a bombshell might be dropped at the end of any session. I'm starting to feel like no therapy would be better than this. At least then I know what to expect and I won't take on more than I can handle.

I always hear about people switching therapist and going through 3 or 4 before finding the one for them. I never did that, I instantly clicked with my current therapist.

Has anyone else had the same experience?

When I was something like 33 or 34 I was tired of being sad and feeling alone even when I was surrounded by people. I finally broke down and decided to try therapy even though I was certain it was just a giant scam because I had nothing left. I am quite intelligent so I have managed to learn many trades to a fairly high level but I have never been able to hold a job because I can only mask so long before I break and end up quitting, usually 6-9 months.

I tried a few therapists out and found them all frustrating. I finally found one that I could tolerate but even she really stressed me out. All five of the therapists had one thing in common, they wouldn't help me! They wouldn't even explain the process. I break down very fast in ambiguity and every therapist I spoke to just kept saying I have to trust the system and I can only get out of it what I put in. That is grade a BS because I would never dedicate years of my life and thousands or tens of thousands of my dollars away on faith. Faith is dumb! The one therapist I kind of got along with never really offered any help and then she just moved one day with only one days notice. Since then my life has really fallen apart and I have become extremely stressed about a lack of money and job security. I find nothing enjoyable anymore and don't see a path out.

I live in rural MN. I am in debt to my ears now and at 37 I have never been on a date or kissed a lady. I have never, even as a child believed that I could be happy but there was always this hope that someday I would "fit in" and find a girl, a job I didn't hate and I would be happy. Now I know I will die alone but I sure would like to be happy enough to hold a job and not die on the street like a hobo.

I wish I had a question but I genuinely don't know what's wrong with me or where to start trying to fix it. If I can really be fixed which I really doubt now. All I know is I have no one to talk to about this because things are getting bad and people don't really care.

I decided I wanted to pursue therapy. I had my first session with a therapist, and after telling her I wanted to try therapy to help manage my anxiety, the first thing she asked was if I was diagnosed, I said no. She then suggested I get diagnosed and medicated, only then she would be able to help me. It seems unreasonable to me for this to be the first solution. This was 5 minutes into the session she said this, then continued to push the issue over the hour. Even if I'm not diagnosed, the symptoms can be managed. Is this a normal thing? I am considering switching therapists regardless, but I wasn't sure if this is a common occurrence.

Just fuck life . Im tired . Glad i can kinda shut down my feelings and emotions.

TLDR: I'm suicidal but don't know how to tell my therapist that without getting hospitalized.

To give some background I spent a week in an inpatient hospital back in November. I don't want to share too much about what got me there but I had a plan that I ended up not following through. But my family found the note before I got home so of course they expected something from me. I checked myself into the hospital and for the first time I opened up about my suicidal thoughts. Unfortunately, the hospital was more equipped for dealing with substance users/detox so I feel I didn't receive any "help" with my issue.

I've been struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts starting at like 12 so it's basically all I know. No, I've never attempted. In the past I wanted to believe it got better but at this point I think I've seen enough. And I often felt that my problems were never taken seriously so if I were to ever attempt I had to be sure I didn't fail, I couldn't live with people blaming me or calling me attention seeking. That's part of the reason I've never opened up to anyone about my suicidal thoughts and only began seeking treatment for depression a couple months after I turned 18. The depression was all my family ever knew about.

Now to get to the point. I'm afraid if I'm honest about how I feel that i'm going to be institutionalized. I already feel pretty negatively about therapy and counseling because my only experience with it was in the hospital and all of it was very unhelpful. And I know the only way to truly get help with my problems is to be honest but I fear that if I end up in the hospital again my family won't be as forgiving. I still think about ways I could kill myself on the daily but it's just a part of me at this point, and there's about a thousand ways for me to do it. It's just always in the back of my mind and it brings me a lot of peace to think about it. When I went to follow through with my plan back in November, those couple of hours were almost euphoric, I hadn't been that happy in years. Life has only been a struggle for me, I'm so so tired of the constant hardships I must overcome. I've been ready to go. And I know that kind of talk wouldn't go over easy with a professional so how should I go about getting help without getting hospitalized?

I am 16m and started therapy maybe 2 months ago, and my therapist and I instantly clicked, I felt really comfortable and safe in that space with them. But I have a few things I want to mention to my therapist that are happening in my life but I don't know if it's worth it or if it's even necessary for it to get better.

So if I have something bothering me when should I bring it up in therapy, or if I even should bring it up?

I [17F] have been in therapy settings for pretty much my whole life, from before I was even in preschool, up until now (on and off tho) so I'd consider myself pretty familiar with what to expect from therapists and I've never been caught too off guard by something before due to my exposure to countless of therapists, psychiatrists, and counselors. but yeah, I've been seeing my current therapist for about 2 years now I think, and he's been great so far and we have a pretty nice and open therapeutic relationship established. I never was one to get defensive or uncomfortable with any questions or statements so during therapy, the way we talk has become pretty blunt/straightforward, and I like it that way a lot.

(so yeah, getting to what the post is about,) on Friday during our last session i came in extremely distressed and mentally completely all over the place because my boyfriend had broken up with me. I've always struggled with feelings and thoughts about me being an unlikeable or uninteresting person, so having my boyfriend break up with me made those feelings 10× worse, essentially affirming my notion that I'm absolutely unlikable as a human, and potentially setting me back years of therapy. during my 30 min distressed non stop talking, I kept saying "nobody loves me" over and over again maybe 20 or so times in a row, and as a response to that my therapist quickly interrupted me by saying that he loved me.

now, THIS is the very first thing that has caught me off guard during therapy EVER. naturally I sat there silently afterwards to see if he would add anything else, but he didn't, so I simply asked "really?", and to that he elaborated that he loves me "as a person" or something like that. I guess that clears up that he didn't mean it romantically, but still,,, it feels weird. I've always known what therapists should avoid doing or saying in general, and this seems a bit out of the boundaries of that. during the session I just kinda moved on after that and pretended like he hadn't said it, and he didn't elaborate any more afterwards either.

am I overreacting here? it just seems weird. I don't know how to feel about it, and I feel odd. I just kinda feel like "???????????" so I've decided to come here and ask if this is normal considering maybe the subject matter I was talking about or is this normal and I've just never heard about it? i need help forming an opinion on this situation so insight about this would be nice :) thanks in advance! I'm happy to answer any additional questions

I (F20) have regular hour long therapy sessions as part of my work benefits package and while I sometimes feel she tells me what to do or doesn’t inquire enough about how I feel or what I want before making suggestions, I enjoy our sessions for the most part and have no previous therapy experience to compare it to.

As an aside, I remind her of her daughter a lot and I think me being raised by a single mum resonates with her a lot since she’s a single mum too. Generally I just feel a bit like she sees herself as a motherly/aunt-like figure to me which I didn’t have a major problem with until today.

Anyway, today we had a session and since last session I have joined a dating app (one of my targets) so I was expressing my exhaustion about the fact that an overwhelming number of people in my racial group are Christian and how that makes my dating pool smaller, but that sometimes I wish I was religious because it’s almost akin to blissful ignorance and must be comforting. (Fyi I’m agnostic/spiritual - any subscription to organised religion is a no for me dating wise)

She asked me a bunch of questions about why I’m not a Christian, then stated “well, I am a Christian”. I said ‘ok…’ Then we essentially we spent 25 minutes with her trying to defend Christianity to me.

Some of the phrases she used were “so what happens when it’s the day of judgement and you have to answer, what will you do then?”, “young people keep using that argument about colonialism and slavery nowadays”, “well you might be being the ignorant one by saying that” (referencing me saying ignorance is bliss), “you keep grouping bad religious people and good non-religious people but it’s not about being religious, it’s about having a relationship with Christ”, “there’s more to being a Christian that accepting Jesus as your Lord and saviour - it’s a heavy weight and a responsibility”, “how do you know that God hasn’t revealed himself to you when you dont even believe/you’re not even trying?”, “it’s not an opinion, it’s the truth”, “I believe in the saved and the unsaved, it’s as simple as that”, “I never bring this up unprovoked or try and convert my clients, but when it comes up I’m going to discuss it because it’s a part of me - it’s who I am” and ended with “I know a lot of autistic people have a problem with religion because they struggle with the intangible so it makes sense”

What are everyone’s thoughts on this please? At the moment I want a whole new therapist. Or was that conversation typical between a therapist and their client (since I genuinely wouldn’t know)? This whole outburst feels like the straw that broke the camels back in a series of unprofessional/far too personal remarks from my therapist? I’m also wary of getting my life straightened out by a religious person that can’t separate her beliefs from her work as opposed to someone else who might have a more holistic/open-minded approach to life such as an agnostic or an atheist. She’s never spoken about any of her opinions at such length before.

(In case it wasn’t obvious, this post is no hate to Christians at all. I’m just not one, don’t want to date one, and don’t want to be converted.)

I’m struggling more than usual lately. I’ve been seeing my therapist once a week for about 5 years now. I really like my therapist. Idk if I’m more unstable than usual, if we’ve plateaued or something else is wrong. But I guess it feels there’s too much that’s happened (in my life, see below) and the progress is incremental in each area. Is what I’ve experienced too much to tackle? I feel all of it affects me negatively but no specific thing (except the assault) feels resolved. We talk about things as they come up. How do I talk to my T about figuring out what’s wrong?

Things I have experienced/am experiencing: Something adjacent to Child-on-child sexual abuse, which caused moderate health anxiety into my 30s, Sexual assault in my early 20s, toxic relationship that I didn’t realize was toxic for years and feeling unable to trust myself, history of being attracted to unavailable people, being queer while coming from a culture where it’s illegal and I’m not out to my parents, abusive mom when I was a kid and dad who tried to get me to toughen up and “get used to” her hitting me/shouting at me. Parent with a degenerative illness. Anxiety about my unstable status and prospects as a migrant. Final stages of writing a PhD.

I sought out therapy after a very difficult moment in my life. During covid, I moved states and became the full time caregiver for my terminally ill family member. I was alone, scared, and quickly became depressed.

Once my family member passed, I started trying to pick up the pieces of my life. I thought that going to therapy would help me stay on track and work through issues.

All it has done is make me second guess myself and question my reality.

For starters, I brought up some addictive behavior that I have. I had never told anyone about it and figured therapy would be the place to work through it. It took a lot for me to open up about it. It is something that has been going on for years, something that I hide from people, and is negatively affecting my life. My therapist told me it isn't an addiction, and in many ways, it is a healthy coping mechanism. There might be some truth to that, but it has caused the most harm in my life. It sucks up time and money and gets directly in the way of my development in certain parts of my life.

Second, I was talking to my therapist about my plans for the future. What I wanted to go to school for, what career I wanted to try and get, and what steps I was taking to achieve those goals. I was talking about the difficulties I had been having, the difficulties of starting over, of feeling behind, etc. My therapist responded by introducing the idea that I am autistic and that is why I was drawn to this career field and having certain difficulties.

Since I have started therapy, I feel worse about myself, even more uncertain about my future, and I have started having panic attacks.

I have been second guessing everything that I do now. I don't understand autism, so maybe that is my issue, but doing research on my own is very frustrating. Mainly, I have been second guessing my social life and my social skills. I have always had friends, always been social, and loved being around people. I thought I was kind, funny, and empathetic. Reading that autistic people have difficulty in social situations has made me question every social interaction now. Do people think I am normal? Are they laughing at my jokes or are they laughing at me? Are my relationships as strong as I thought?

These are all things I have never questioned. I have never had these thoughts, had these emotions, and I don't know what is real anymore.

I have no family left, they have all passed away. I have friends, but they are starting families and professional careers, I don't want them to see how insecure I am.

I really don't know what to do. Going back to therapy seems like an obvious answer, but I don't trust it anymore. My life was much better when I valued my opinion and the opinions of trusted friends more than some stranger with a degree and certificate.

I think maybe some will think they should be pushy to their clients and I worry that I will feel some type of way about it if they are too pushy, like it'll have the opposite effect they want.

I have to wait an extended period of time before my first appointment in over a Decade/ nearly 2

So of course I have lots of worries, this is a big one for me that I feel like what if they don't know how to handle me?

How often do people typically get to see their therapist anyways I honestly don't know. Once A week? More? Twice a month? Once a month? I worry about that too, I'm already worried if I don't like the guy because how do they even know who to pick for you to see when you're scheduling an appointment just whoever's available? I'm scared to change to see somebody else, who I think I could be more comfortable with. I don't think I'll be too uncomfortable necessarily with the one that's chosen so I still want to try. But like seriously what makes someone pick who you see when you're just trying to get an appointment for the first time. It's not like my PCP told me to go see a specific person. I guess I could ask him if he has one. But since it's already been a little while since I made the first appointment I'm very worried that if I tried to make a new appointment it's only going to push back the time seeing that therapist even farther so I'm really not trying to get a new therapist before I even see the first one.

I just don't want someone who's going to act self righteous or pushy towards me or it'll probably push me away and I know I don't want to go through so many therapists, it's not like I have an unlimited supply in my particular area

I want to hug my therapist, but I’m afraid it might make things awkward. I’m worried I’d be crossing healthy boundaries if he says yes, and unsure how I’d handle the rejection if he says no.

For example, today we had a very productive session. I was vulnerable, opened up a lot to him, and felt that he gave me helpful advice and helped me articulate my feelings much better. I’m so thankful for him that sometimes I just want to give him a hug at the end of the session! He’s been my therapist for almost two years now, and I’ve made significant progress.

However, I wonder if that would affect our relationship as therapist and patient. I’d love to be hugged back by someone who cares about me, but would that really be beneficial?

When I was in high school, I remember thinking my therapist back then was the coolest. I even searched for her name online several times to find her social media accounts. Everything was private, and I was too afraid to ask to follow her—I figured it was private for a reason, so it would’ve been inappropriate. I wonder if that same part of me is what’s making me want to hug my therapist now, years later. Or maybe it’s just a hug and I’m overthinking it.

I’ll probably never bring it up. I hope he hugs me after our last session, though. lol

For context, I’m a woman in my 20s, and my therapist is a man in his 30s or 40s. I’m a lesbian, and he knows this, so I don’t think he’d interpret the gesture as having any romantic or sexual motivations.

Have you guys hugged your therapists or patients? How was it and why?

TW: SI/ SH

Hopefully this is okay to post here. I don’t have therapy until next Thursday and my mom doesn’t know I have ever had SI so I have no one to talk to about this.

I work in healthcare. My job is to be the liaison between patient and provider. I also have struggled very recently with SI/SH.

A coworker received a message where the patient said their pain was increasing their SI. I have never seen these letters at work before in a context where I’m supposed to be the professional. I’m supposed to be the one who knows what to do. I can barely tell my therapist I’m struggling with SI and will resort to “I don’t want to be here” and she’ll use the term.

I hate to use the word trigger because I think it’s overused, but it really did trigger me. I am struggling to crawl out of my depressive episode and I use work as a distraction and work wasn’t a distraction today.

[Also, obviously, due to HIPPA, I haven’t included names, genders, or ages and am posting this off of a throwaway.]

My therapist has become a registered sex therapist since I started seeing her. There are some sex-related things I’m thinking about bringing up, but I don’t really understand sex therapy. What kinds of things do therapists say or specifically not say? What do you bring up with a therapist vs a friend? Do you have any advice for opening that can of worms? I’ve been seeing this therapist for years and have basically never talked about sex. And it might be as simple as her saying this thing I’m experiencing is totally normal, and give an explanation as to why, and I’m like okay cool that’s all I wanted to know, and then we move on lol thanks in advance!

I have only started cutting these months (so i haven't cut anything that deep ) now i feel ao freaking alone and scared you'll understand from my past 2 posts . I really was to cut so deep tbat therss blood gushing everywhere i want to see it i want to feel it, honestly if it was upto me idc about my self but i dont want a lecture from my parents if they notice or if i do it wrongly and need to go to the hospital . Plus if i do end up having a session tomorrow i want to show my therapist that i didnt cut i didnt so it so they don't give up on me . Only reason im not doing it is for others . Im scared my urge will just get stronger and then mess up real badly lol .

In a session I had with my therapist he asked me how does it make me feel when he encourages me and I told him I felt like he was pretending it, he laughed and told me therapists use many different therapy methods that involve pretending and even acting at times, why does this make me sad? I haven't been able to feel connected to him ever since.

I’ve been with my current therapist for a year and a half. I started to feel relief from symptoms a few months ago. I brought up termination, and my therapist agreed that ending therapy would be a good idea.

We decided on 2 months until termination. I was feeling enthusiastic and declined the 2 month period and asked for one month. My therapist agreed, and my last appointment was set for (now next week).

Now that termination is next week I’ve been feeling sad and anxious. I want to skip the last session to avoid the stress or pain that may come from it.

My therapist has stressed that a final session is important. I haven’t asked why, I’ve been avoiding talking to her.

Has anyone else skipped their final session? Any advice?

I was seeing another therapist for like 6 months but she ended up leaving her job which was really difficult for me

So i had to switch and started seeing this new therapist, most recent session I had with her i ended up crying which felt very emotionally draining

Now I don’t know why I’m scared to see her again she’s such an amazing person much better than the last therapist i had.

I dont want to rely solely on my therapist to talk about my problems for financial and personal reasons but I don't have any friends I can talk to. I'm meant to meet my psychiatrist at some point but that hasn't happened yet. I also don't particularly want to go into a hospital. I had an unpleasant experience today and lately I have been ruminating trying to process and feeling angry about past experiences including bullying, and other unpleasant experiences. I just feel overwhelmed.

I'm currently working on C-PTSD and attachment issues using IFS/Somatic work with a therapist but I play soccer twice a week. Some sessions it feels impossible to focus on body sensations when I have swelling, a pulled muscle, or turf burn from soccer.

Surely there are other people doing this work with various pains and injuries. How do you drown it out?