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Originally Posted by Adventurous
I visited a therapist last week because I thought I had something like Sexual Sadism Disorder, and I wanted help with these feelings. However, when I told her about these feelings, she thought these were just intrusive thoughts. I'm only a young teenager, and I've had problems with intrusive thoughts before, so I understand why she thinks that, but I need help. Should I look for another therapist or try to explain the feeling better to my therapist?
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Well you could look for another therapist but there is a risk in that. The new therapist may not understand either. Do you understand these thoughts yourself? Perhaps exploring it with your therapist and telling her she didn't really understand you last session may help you to understand this misattunement. Perhaps you explained it really well but because of your history with intrusive thoughts she had an agenda or just jumped to conclusions. Do you feel comfortable with her? If so I would continue but have a talk with her and tell her you didn't feel she understood your last conversation.