I don't exactly make things up, but sometimes I may lead on that something was a bigger deal than it was, especially if she seems to interpret it that way. I think it's probably normal because we just want to be shown that we're cared for. And sometimes it does feel like we have to have major problems all the time to go to therapy, otherwise we'd worry that the therapist would think we didn't have to be there. But I agree that, though I understand why you do it, I don't think you have to make something up entirely- I think you can always revisit things from the past.