I said yes. I don't spend nearly as much time talking about them, but I try to tell him about positive things that have happened in my life, particularly times when I think I handled a situation better than I would have in the past or where something I was worried about ended up being fine. Part of it is trying to give him a fuller picture of my life, because I think that can be important to the therapy. But I know some of it is for probably less of a good reason--my desire to please authority figures and have them be proud of me. It feels good to me if he praises something I've done or how I've handled things. Which is probably something I need to discuss more with him, because it can sometimes lead me to downplay the negative stuff (though I try not to).
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