I definitey think some t's can see problems where there may not be any, but I also think the "normalization" some of us have grown up with can be very damaging (as HG and others have said). I think it's also kinda refreshing to see my t get that some of this stuff would really warp me, and that maybe I need to work a lot harder on that stuff. I have had t's who do not understand the deree some of this stuff is ingrained. It took my last t almost 8 months to figure out that some of my self-esteem issues are harder to address than she first thought. I guess I'm kinda glad this t is picking up on it faster...
I think it's really interesting though what I focus on vs what t focuses on. She's picking up on the other stuff that I'm seeing as "harmless" and "normal" (really? not everyone is like that??) but maybe not understanding some of the stuff that I see as having more of a negative impact... is there a way to convey to t how hard some of the other stuff was? I feel like I can't get the emotion across because I have so much trouble expressing emotions in general. Most of what I say is either very detatched and clinical in presentation, or I dissociate and the emotion is lost back where I am, never making it out to tell t...