I have talked about it indirectly with my T and it helps me to feel like he understands that I have strong emotions that might not show up the way I want or expect them to in therapy. Just because you don't cry doesn't mean your T can't understand the depth of your painful feelings. You can talk about crying other times like when you're alone after a session or whenever it is. I think it's a great topic to explore.

In my experience in therapy, I can cry about some feelings and memories and definitely current-day hurtful stuff, but there are some really deep painful things that I talk about where the feelings are so buried and protected that I can't cry and it stresses me out.