I feel like a complete and utter failure. I'm done trying to fix myself. I am upset w my therapist. She only talk about the negative stuff about me. I can't get myself to show up to anything worth ****. I feel like I'm never going to meet anyone.

[MickeyCheeky]

I'm so sorry you feel this way about yourself. You are NOT a failure and don't let anyone tell you that. You've helped me many times when my mood was down, and I'm sure you've helped many others as well. A "failure" would never do that. What does your therapist say about you?

Oh Starry I'm sorry you are feeling like that, it sounds like you had a really uncomfortable therapy session and it's left you feeling very negatively about yourself, that is sad to hear. You have been making great progress and getting along to lots of different activities - you've been doing really well. I hope that this setback will be a short one.

[Sunflower123]

I'm sorry you're having such a tough time. You're not a failure. What has your therapist been saying to you? It sounds like you might need to change to another therapist if she/he always focus on the negative. I hope this is a temporary blip and that you feel better soon.

Hi everyone, you guys are the nicest and awesomest, really. I want to clarify about what I said about my therapist. She is not mean. She is nice, actually, and kind of shy. I think she worries too much about offending me. She is kind of reserved. But I just meant that the focus of our sessions, is mainly on my difficulties. Today, I brought some of that up to her, along with the fact that I feel like a failure and overwhelmed by too many goals. She said she sees a theme with all the goals, so that we could make it just one goal: feeling better (about myself, my mood, etc). I do think she tries. I don't feel very connected to her, but my therapist before her, was pretty amazing, and hard to top. It's true I do feel badly about myself sometimes in therapy, and like maybe she is judging me, but I wonder if it's the fact that she is so quiet and reserved, that I feel this way. I think she is probably not judging me. But she is not really very reassuring either. It's not exactly her style. I have a CBT book on self esteem, and am reading it. So this is my new goal. I will still be working on showing up, and facing fears and stuff, on the side, but my main goal, is feeling better about myself and feeling better in general.

MickeyCheeky, Prefab, and Jennifer, thank you for the support.

[Sarmas]

Originally Posted by starrysky

I feel like a complete and utter failure. I'm done trying to fix myself. I am upset w my therapist. She only talk about the negative stuff about me. I can't get myself to show up to anything worth ****. I feel like I'm never going to meet anyone.

Why do you think that you're a failure?