My ex-T got frustrated with me, and it was part of what led to my leaving. Because I thought I'd made a fair amount of progress. While she was saying I still had so many issues with anxiety and depression, after 6 years. It felt like she thought I was a failure. Even though at some point she said she was afraid she wasn't helping enough (so more about her than me). But it was still very difficult to feel that frustration.

With current T, I've asked a few times about whether he's frustrated. Recently, I said something like, "I'm sorry, I must be really frustrating to work with, that I seem to be doing better then react really strongly to something." T assured me that he wasn't frustrated, how it's all part of the process. And that meant a lot to me. I told him I think it's that I'm frustrated with myself, so I'm projecting that onto him. As I told him before, I need someone who can bear with me, and he's said he would do that.