XTree,
I know what you mean about feeling bombarded. It's hard to express something when there is so much noise in your head. Not knowing where to start and then the fear of being totally open. That could represent many things to many people, could be you don't want to cry, don't want to show anger, don't want to scare your T off, don't know if your T can handle it, ect...

One time my T looked at me and said, are you sitting there with a million things running through your head? I said yes I am, she said how about you pick just one of those things, it can be something light or something very heavy and share it with me. So I did and it was ok.

Yet, I do often times feel that writing something and sharing it with her is so much easier. Sometimes I will write it and keep it in my purse. Last week, I told her that I written something and she asked if I wanted to share it, I said I'm not sure. She said since you wrote it, how about you take it out and set it on your lap and if you get the courage at some point in tonights session, then you can share it with me. I did finally give it to her and had her read it to herself because I couldn't read it, and it was very helpful.
One session at a time.