I have recently dipped my toe back into the world of therapy after last years' failed attempt at CBT. I am about halfway through a 6-week block of distress tolerance work and one thing I am really struggling with is describing my feelings.
The psychologist is very nice but every time she asks me how something did/would make me feel I just panic and freeze. I am not used to talking, or even thinking about my feelings. I am much more of a bottle it up and hope it all goes away kind of person, but also there is a huge part of me that thinks she will laugh at me/judge me/think I am ridiculous and stupid.
Logically I know she won't as she is a professional, seems very nice and has not given me any reason to think she will but how can I get over that part of me that is scared to talk about stuff like this?
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