Hey Rainbow hun,

It sounds like you have been taking a lot of brave steps in therapy and you should be really proud of yourself for that.

You ask "but why do we have to expose ourselves?" The thing is, we don't have to. It's a choice we make to go to therapy and usually prior to going we know the issues we want to discuss, so we are infact going so we can deal with those issues. Also we have the control of what we do or don't say.

Sometimes suffering in silence and having thoughts going around in your head is really self destructive and the only view we are getting on the issue in that case is our own, which often is one sided and sometimes blindsighted.
It is very rare that with the people in our own lives that we will talk to them and know that there is a high if not complete guarantee of things such as confidentiality, a impartial/ non judgemental view, unconditional positive regard towards you and someone who has your best interests at heart. It is often these reasons people choose to see a T and talk about the difficult problems.