It didn't take me very long at all to open up to my current therapist. I wouldn't say I really trusted him, but I forced myself to do it by writing down what I wanted to say and then reading it to him or handing him the paper.

I never really did open up to my first therapist, and I saw her for two years. I would absolutely have that feeling of being unable to talk, even though I knew there were things I needed to talk about. I'd just get in there and forget everything.

I think that bad experience with her made me figure out how to take control of the process and that's when I started writing things down. I still get really, really anxious with a new therapist, and sometimes even with a familiar one, but it gets easier with practice.