Life,

I was with my first T for 7 years and all through out those 7 years I battled with her about "stressful" topics......I would zone out, walk out mid session, tell her to get stuffed and all sorts of diversionary techniques. She got to the point of making me sign a "contract" that I was able to at any point stop a conversation but had to promise that we would return to it at another time. And when we did, I was able to stop it at any point and come back to it and so on......FINALLY after 7 years I was able to talk relatively freely about most things......

It was a VERY hard process for my T.......I was volatile and obstinate but she knew I was trying hard to get better so she put up with me.

Don't worry if you can't listen all the time.....tell them when you are zoning out and don't be afraid to tell them you don't want to talk about it, but for therapeutic reasons, you will return to it later.....

It will get easier......I was a horror head......at least you are aware that you are struggling with this.......I thought it was all my T's fault!!