One of the things I don't know if I will ever understand about therapy is how I am suppose to feel things but yet when I start to get overwhelmed by situations I am told to distract and avoid the situation. How does one ever learn to cope and feel if they are constantly told to avoid it rather than talk through it and start to feel. I am great at distracting and avoiding stressful situations and emotions. I have done that most of my life. So why do the say to avoid it all on order to function and not become depressed or down. It seems to me it means to only feel and and deal with things one hour a week. Then I am supposed to take these difficult topics and not deal with them the rest of the time. Seems so counter productive.

Also sometimes telling me I should let somebody else deal with the situation, is like telling a person during an anxiety attack to not stress.

UGH!