Is there a difference with feeling safe inside yourself or with the therapist?

i feel only safe with my therapist. i rarely feel safe with myself, and never with others.

I'm not sure I understand what feeling safe within myself means. On one hand I have a lot of regrets about how I used my life up to now; I wish I had more of an impact on things that I value. But on the other hand I did try many of those things and it would've taken either me being a different person or me having had self-knowlege and knowledge about what to do with that knowledge for any of that to have come off. I think. This is where the unsafety comes in. Was it actually my failings, laziness?

But in discrete moments I'm quite often safe and happy. More that way than not.

With other people there's always tension between their expectations and mine so, I'm not sure if safe is the right word but I certainly don't feel like I can be myself without having to fight for my right to have my own opinions, quirks, etc. Too many people think that given time and proximity to their superior way of being in the world I'll come around. This could be a function of where I live, how I meet others, my own filter, or just human nature. It doesn't particularly bother me.

As far as with a therapist: I feel safe in that I'm not looking for validation, just knowledge about who I am, why, and after I choose how I want to change, what roadblocks are in the way for me to get around. I feel safe when it goes that way. I don't feel safe when, per usual, I have to stay on guard to keep it about my goals not theirs.

She does stay back well. I go pay high priced rent to the woman in order to have her do a credible acting job of pretending to listen.
I also consider dealing with her like engaging in a rather dangerous hobby-like rattlesnake milking or cage wrestling.

I am bipołar so whether I feel safe with myself and/ or others varies from day to day. Whether I feel safe in therapy also fluctuates. I went through a period in oct and nov where I was convinced my therapist did not want to work with me anymore. Obviously at that point I didn't feel comfortable.

I don't know which to pick. I'm not sure what "safe" is exactly. I'm not a generally fearful person - I'm assertive and yet I tend to be emotionally withdrawn and very controlled. Perhaps in that sense I don't feel safe because I don't trust easily. Hm. I haven't ever thought of my T as safe or not safe. I do think he's a safe person to open up to as he has always treated me competently and with respect.

Haha, therapy feels like that for me sometimes!!

I feel true and safe with my good self most of the time. With T in therapy their is always a bit of anxiety so that gets in the way. When getting prescriptions with P'Doc's I feel the world is a problem and that place at P'Docs is a nightmare.
I manage things my way and that is where the full stop is.

I picked "other" because I only feel safe at home, preferably alone (with my dogs of course). Mostly safe with my H. Not safe with others including friends. Least safe with my family. Conditionally safe with my T (past or present T). I don't trust anyone easily. You must earn it. I don't think there has ever been anyone with whom I have felt completely "safe".

I feel mostly safe, both within myself and with my therapist. With others, well, it depends who the other people are and safe to do what. But yes there are also other people I feel safe with.