My t has been practicing almost 30 years, but she has never said she's heard it all. In fact, I know I brought a couple of issues into therapy that she did not have enough training or understanding about because she has told me more than once that she's learned things from me.

Having said that, though, she has often told me that certain things I struggle with...such as intense emotions and high sensitivity...are not crazy, weird, or over the top, even though it sometimes feels like it to me. She tries to normalize some of the things about me that I feel such shame about, letting me know that there are others who feel the same way I do.