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Originally Posted by AnxiousGirl
I see a psychologist for GAD and other issues. I don't really enjoy going to be honest my parents sort of made me go even though I'm 19. So anyways, I keep to myself quite a lot with almost everyone in my life. Now my therapist is trying to push me so I can tell her how I feel and she's given me homework in which I have to share my raw thoughts. Honestly I have a lot of thoughts but I'm so embarrassed to share them with her because it just makes me feel like theres something wrong with me. Like if I write down "I was afraid to talk to my relative when we went out" thats going to make me feel SO childish about myself. I just can't admit the things I'm afraid of.
What should I do?
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It sounds like you are simply not quite comfortable opening up to this particular T and trusting her. Every therapist is not right for every client, and sometimes we just don't click with a particular therapist. I have had two Ts I never told certain rather important personal things about myself; they were good therapists as far as I can tell, but the connection just wasn't there and I wasn't about to trust them with the things that were painful for me to admit. Once I did find a T who was a good match for me, talking about those shameful things became... not easy, but at least not impossible.
How long have you been seeing this therapist? Do you think that it could be a matter of the two of you not matching very well? Only you can be the judge of that, of course.