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Originally Posted by Cleo6
Has anyone else had their t get frustrated with them due to this. Also how can I try to bring things up easier at the beginning as I dont want to make her annoyed. If you left anything to the end did your t bring the subject up at the next session if she could tell that you found it difficult.
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If mine has gotten frustrated, she hasn't shown it. Waiting until the final minutes isn't something I do intentionally. It just happens, sometimes with things I hadn't consciously been thinking to talk about. Maybe it's just feels safer or more doable on some level, I don't know. I hadn't even noticed it until my therapist mentioned it once, in a casual sort of way it seemed.
If I think about it, it probably happens this way over several sessions until I bring it up early enough for more discussion. In listening to recordings of my sessions, I notice that even if I bring up an uncomfortable topic earlier, I will suddenly change topics to something else. And then we talk about whatever the new topic is. It's frustrating for me to listen to, but at the time, I don't notice any frustration from my therapist. She doesn't usually bring things up that I find difficult. It seems that she waits for me to do that. It has worked.