My therapist sometimes talks about how she deals with her SADS. Also, she has told me about how her mother was cruel to her and her grandmother was her primary source of love.

She talks about how she used to be fat and how that still affects her self-esteem.

But it always seems my problems are ones she can't relate to, which can be a little frustrating. Last week I asked if she's ever felt embarrassed due to ineptitude in public and she said no, real abrupt-like. Not for the first time, I felt like she was kind of being dismissive. I understand WHY I shouldn't feel embarrassed (she gave me all the reasons), but I think she could have tried harder to PRETEND to be empathetic and not make me feel like my feelings are so alien.