More recently when I go to my sessions and I am in the room, I hear outside noise more than before. I find this not the norm as it never happened all the time, like the last few sessions it has. I like a quiet place with my thoughts with my counselor.

When you are there talking about something very serious and deep, next thing you hear is, people in the halls talking, laughing and talking about, well, stuff that shouldn't be discussed in the halls about things they went to, it also sounds like it happens very close to the office. It bothers me. There is a place for that type of thing, it's not conversations with counselor and client walking down the hall either, it is full on loud conversations with employees within the agency.

(I had a issue with over hearing personal details about other people within the agency in the waiting room. I no longer wait there as a result. This stuff bugs me.)

Next to his office another counselor and client are talking... most of the time I hear everything about this persons personal life. I can't talk about my most serious stuff, while all these other things are happening.

Then people who work in the building, chatting loudly in the hall about some event they went to and then some counselor and their clients conversation... It bugs me. It feels weird. It's almost like I should open the door and invite them all into the office to have a lovely party because I already know what they are talking about, but they can't hear me as I talk quiet.

My counselor usually turns this sound, wave, air, water, something or the other on to block out the talking. It doesn't do anything for that, it only helps to ground me I have found...

I don't want to feel like a high strung person while there with all these issues. I just like quiet. Me talking about something very serious that is going on with my life and how derailing it has become, oh but wait, I hear the other persons issues in the next room and wait, what is all that laughter about some event employees are chatting about. It then becomes like, I don't matter because I need to talk over all of the other crap in order to focus on my thoughts and feelings.

Last thing I want to do is be a whiny *****. I don't know what to do without sounding like I am a complainer...