Yes I have this. I feel like I sometimes build up my problems or find new things that are “wrong” just so that I can be in therapy longer. And when I’m happy, I think I’m probably being a crybaby for being in therapy for minor things.

But then when the hard stuff hits, I feel like I couldn’t breathe without the safety net of therapy. And at the end of the day, I remind myself that I’m seeing a private therapist. I pay for my sessions in full, I don’t use any sort of insurance. So if I want to go to a session and talk about...idk....silly things, then it’s not like I’m wasting anyone’s money.

I do, however worry sometimes that he doesn’t believe me, or he thinks I’m making stuff up (I never have,). It’s a stupid mentality, but I feel like if I don’t build some stuff up, he won’t see me, or he’ll think that my problems are not that bad, or that I’m annoying, or wasting his time.