Was wondering how long it took to open up to your T?
With my first T, it took 10 months to even share my feelings with her. But she quit being a therapist, I was sent to a an Outpatient program which does group therapy for eight hours a day. Where my new T was working at the time. She was a group leader. She quit and got a job as a therapist. When I graduated that program I was referred to her as my new T. It's a bit weird for me, and uncomfortable. We always got on but trying to view her differently is weird for me, I don't know how to explain it. but it's like there's a brick wall between us when it comes to talk about personal things rather than a normal conversation or joking around which we do often.
I don't know, I just don't have the connection with her like I did with my previous T (Who I miss dearly). I know early on I expected her to be like my previous T but I've come to accept she's a very different person so that was foolish of me to expect. It's just like there's nothing underlying are superficial relationship. I've been seeing her for 6 months. I'm hoping it just needs time to form that relationship like it did with my previous T but I have a bad feeling it just isn't going to work out between us and I don't want to waste time with this T if it isn't going to work. For her to get anything from me is like pulling teeth--and the pain it takes me to tell her is like getting my tooth pulled. On the other hand I don't want to start over again with a new T, I don't know if in my depressed state that I am in if I have the energy for that. I feel stuck in a rut.
Anyone have a similar experience?
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