Too shy to talk to your therapist?

[kclark3858]

To all of us who are shy and in therapy, does anybody have an issue of talking to your therapist? I've always had that issue and prefer to write things down.

Karen

 

[GloomySunday]

I had a period of seeing a therapist last year. To be honest, I didn't really get anything out of the experience.

It's not really just the discussing of personal issues that I found difficult, it was the fact that I was expected to do it on a certain day at a certain time. Sometimes, on the day of my appointment, I just didn't want to talk. At other times I felt that I couldn't really care less about my problems.

What I needed then was someone to talk to in the "heat of the moment" when I was vulnerable and upset. Those are the times I could have opened up.

I also resented the fact that I was expected to make a financial contribution. Though it wasn't expensive, it just made it feel like "emotional prostitution". By that, I mean paying someone to care. Paying someone to listen. I really needed a friend at that time, someone who I knew would do it because they cared. Not because they were being paid to.

 

[sleepysparrow]

OH yes. I have a hard time forcing myself to go to my therapist. I usually break down before talking and it's so hard for the first half hour to get anything out. I wish I could have sessions over the internet where I could type things out. It's hard for me to face anyone, and bringing up painful things to a stranger is even harder.

 

[lettypagb]

heell yeaaah i cry every fuckin time i go there is so fuckewd up.

 

[kclark3858]

That's what I'm afraid of. To cry. I'm so embarrassed! I'm glad that I'm not alone.

Karen