how long does it take for a therapist to really understand you? i feel like it would take years.... and i dont want to spend years before i get anywhere with my new T. i have never been successful in going to therapy, though i've tried a number of times. i'm starting to think that i'm really the problem. do i just have unrealistic expectations?

i just feel like this person can't know me, who i am, how i am the way i am, my life, my issues.... unless i tell them. but telling them all about me is going to take forever! my best friends know me because i've known them for years and we've spent who knows how many hours talking?? ...but how can this person i only see one hour per week actually help? a T only has what they hear and see in that one hour to try to make sense of things... i feel like i'm just being misunderstood, though. she's not getting me, and part of my problem is that i dont know what to say to help her understand. i feel like i'm not good at communicating. and i didn't like her questions and felt stupid for not having any way to answer them.

today was my second session. i feel like it was soooo frustrating! i was actually looking forward to having someone willing and able to understand me and help me.... but now i still think i'm expecting too much. and so why bother with therapy?

the only way she's going to understand me is if i talk about me or my issues.... first of all, i dont think i really know what my problem is, so the things we've talked about so far aren't really what i need. i just feel like nothing she says is helpful yet, and it only makes me feel more frustrated and i shouldn't waste so much time trying to make it work if it just won't....