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Originally Posted by Tbhimscared
I think it would be good for me to ask her why she wants to focus on that. I never really ask her any questions, or say much at all unless I'm telling a short story but other than that it's her giving me little explanations of things or whatever. I don't think my ED should be a primary concern because I still look "healthy" and I'm at the higher end of a normal BMI, but I have been restricting my eating for a while now so maybe she thinks it's worse than I do. Oh well, I'll try to bring these things up the next time I go and see what happens
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Right I'm in the same situation. It could be that she doesn't want you get into a worse situation or she wants to grabs hold of the issue now for whatever other reason. I found that asking questions is best. I getting better with it because I'm getting fed up sitting there and feeling like someone is telling me what I'm feeling when sometimes they're wrong. Sometimes my therapist has the wrong impression of an incident or my reaction and I feel the need to clarify. That's made me become a little More verbal. I'm also afraid that she will take things personally at times. I still hide many things and certain things I don't think I'll ever share because that's who I am. It takes time and getting used to being open.
There were times I went in think that I'm going to talk about something or address an issue and then I didn't and kicked myself later for not doing so.
Now I'm at the point that I can tell her that something is bothering me but I'm still selective about what I tell her that bothers me because I know that certain things she can't or won't change or she will hold against me. If I told her that her phone during my session is an issue she will then cut my time drastically and probably hate my session.