I would love some help with this, I need some perspective, and quick. I've started therapy with Betterhelp. I've never done
any sort of therapy before, I took the step a few days ago to sign up for online help because going into a physical building / office would just be too intimidating.
I was assigned my therapist and we've just gotten started, I was asked what I want to work on and in response I wrote a somewhat lengthy message that lays out the main issues I am trying to figure out. Yes it was quite a bit of info, but it is less than 2 pages of content on a word document and covers a lot of history with 3 things I want to work on at the end. I have had a messed up childhood and adulthood with themes of repeated abuse and mental illness, and so there is some pretty dark crap I'm dealing with, no crimes committed and nothing that I would think would qualify as needing to be reported, so I don't know what's up. It was a big step for me, I've never told anyone most of what I shared. So, now that it's been a day and a half and I have heard nothing after putting all of this very personal info out there, I'm totally losing my mind. I have read that most Betterhelp therapists typically respond in 4-10 hour windows. Is the stuff in my head so bad that I just scared away my therapist?! Is there a chance I might be locked up in a psych ward for what I shared? Is this normal or did I do something wrong?