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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
Anything you think, feel, want, dream or are concerned about is relevant to your therapy work. The events don't need to be factual, don't need to be proven to be relevant to your therapy. If it's on your mind, it's relevant and it's important. It's up to you to talk about it or not, but if you don't talk about it, you'd be wasting your time in therapy IMO. Therapy is not a police investigation that is designed to establish facts. Its purpose is to sort out your thoughts and feelings about anything, whether it is "real" or not, to construct meaning out of this exploration and to help you get a clearer sense of self, your situation and your life goals.
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Thanks ididitmyway, I've got a long holiday break away from T now so that should give me some time to decide whether I want to disclose and explore. I certainly don't want to waste my time in therapy, I've told myself that I'm going to try and get the maximum benefit from it this time round. I have spoken about things with her that I've never discussed with anyone eles, even close friends and so I do trust her, though I don't know if I could stand how vulnerable I'd feel if I brought this stuff up. I don't want her to feel that it's a big deal, she has a tendancy to show real emotion when I talk about some of the things which have happened to me and I don't feel that way about them, yeah they're not great, but everyone has a sob story and I refuse to be looked at like a victim if I can control that.
Thank you for your words they've been very helpful. x