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Originally Posted by chihirochild
Well, that was a colossal bust. Psychiatrist made it sound like T had budged a little but he absolutely had not. Eff the both of them.
I texted my BF trying to explain why I am sad about this, and I don’t feel like he gets it. (How could he; he’s a pretty reserved guy who could never open up to a therapist.) I’m okay with him not getting it, but then he said, “don’t be sad” which is just the dumbest thing in the face of the earth to say to someone who is sad.
Now I’m all spinning out and worried that BF will break up with me when I tell him the extent of my mental health stuff and then I’ll be T-less and BF-less to boot and then I’ll just be so so so sad.
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Ah, I'm sorry it went so poorly. I know from personal experience that therapists can be stubborn buttheads when you're mired in an impasse.
Your boyfriend sounds maybe a little clueless and not adept at providing emotional support (not something anybody is born knowing, to be fair!). My wife is well-adjusted in a way that means she will never truly understand some of my background/therapy stuff, but good partners learn about each other and why they feel a certain way about things. You have the good judgment to roll your background out in an understandable way, slowly over time. If he's worth having around, he will recognize that as a part of you, not a sign that you're defective.
