[twister744]

There are certain things that I just can't seem to talk about. No matter how hard I try. I physically can't say them. When I try to tell people I literally can't get the words out. I try and just get stuck. I go to a counselor even though I know these things are the most pressing things on my mind. The stuff that is bothering me the most, depressing me the most and frustrating me I just avoid it. I am really confused by some of it and I just can't seem to trust anyone. I have these major trust issues. Does anyone know what I can do? I've even tried writing prompts and I just go on all these writing tangents and am just basically beating around the bush never getting to the real point.

You could try mindmapping.

If somebody asks "a penny for your thoughts" I completely go blank. It is a safety mechanism for how I grew up. Maybe working with your counselor on why it happens is possible?

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[Auntie2014]

Sometimes what helps me get past not being able to address any difficult topic is only focusing on a single aspect of a single topic. I make myself lock out all other things for a specific time period.

Example: CSA is a huge issue and having a general discussion is too overwhelming for me. What I can do is concentrate my focus on just one aspect of what happened. The WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN HOW and WHY together is too much but I can focus on one of them if I concentrate on only that aspect. My T let me work on each area until I had a better grasp of it then we would move to another hard topic. Slowly we ended up combining them together as kind of a review.

I really can not say when review became one but it did. We have used the same technique for other things too.

Now I use this technique for other things too. Planning a move across country is too overwhelming but broken down I can do it.

I hope this helps