I think I can relate to this piece of your experience. In my version of this (I think), a friend of mine exaggerates the seriousness of some of the PTSD symptoms I experience. I feel she's pathologizing me, in a sense. Making me feel like there's something wrong with me, when I actually feel like I'm coping really well, even though it can be a struggle at times. I was thinking, I'm feeling kind of flashbacky and it's distracting to me, but I'm able to work with it and do what I need to do, I'm kind of proud of myself. And instead of hearing back something like "way to go!" or "good job", I hear something else that sounds like I'm not doing so well.

Now, what I'm not getting in your description here-- and this is probably my failure to understand-- is how your T actually responded to you raising this issue directly with her. It sounds like she didn't *get* what you were saying, and that's why you felt worn out. What I don't understand is why, or what her response actually was.

So I can get the legitimacy of the issue that you were distressed about. I'm not quite sure where that leads you, though, to feel like it's not fixable.

Anne