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Originally Posted by penguinh
For sure; I feel like my therapist downplays my entire life. But then again, she's not the one with a mental disorder. For us with mental disorders, we tend to exaggerate the significance of certain problems in our life. To us, it may seem like the end of the world but for others, they don't see it as much as a problem. That's one of the cognitive distortions that we deal with. Like my friends are always making comments like "omg stop worrying" or "why are you freaking out so much?" but that's because their mind functions 'normally' and they're able to see things more clearly instead of through a lense like me.
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Yes. People in my life basically tell me to chill out all.the.time. Or at least they used to because I have suppressed my feelings to appear as normal as I possibly can /: probably a little too much because my T tells me he is trying to help me feel my feelings again.
One time I expressed very slight concern with my T that it was going to rain on Halloween and how that might impact trick-or-treating. It was not a topic during therapy, just small talk at the end of a session. Inside, I was actually concerned because I have childhood issues that come out in relation to my son....so he says to me very nonchalantly while writing down our next appt. in his calendar - yeah, just take an umbrella. Lol Right.
I realized even more clearly at that moment how my mind over exaggerates quite a bit.