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was curious how long everyone has been with their current therapist (or favorite..?) and how long it took them to feel like they could really open up.

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Well, I've seen... 4 therapists in 3 years. Longest was probably about a year in length ... this is not due to my choice, but the fact that I see counsellors at university and the regular school term only being 8 months long.

I started opening up to my first therapist about 3? months into our therapeutic relationship... it was hard work. It still is sometimes to trust new people with parts of ourselves.

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Does anyone ever feel like they're not really sick and they're just wasting everyone's time?

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Me me me! I think that can be pretty normal in some people with lower self-esteem, or those who have been told that they dont have problems when they were younger. Some people in my life have totally gotten sick of me commenting about how I am "wasting their time" by talking about myself.... sad when it goes way beyond therapy and infiltrates many aspects of my life.