[SheHulk07]

I've been going Tova depression/anxiety group for almost a year with a new group T. Usually the group is ran the same way...we go around and do a check in on how we're feeling physically/mentally/emotionally and anything important we want to get support on. I have always done the check in, but I leave out anything related to SA/SI/SH...no one else mentions these topics either, which is different than when we had a different T.

Anyway, I missed the last 2 weeks, and today's group was ran completely different. We did an activity that we chose our top 10 values and talked about how the activity felt and all that. Well I didn't expect it to hit me hard, but the things I picked were definitely related to the 3 topics I don't share. So I said nothing the entire group...never done that before. Group T didn't ask any questions, and I'm not sure if that's how most Ts would handle it if it's out of the norm for a client. I don't know if I should say anything next group to explain why I didn't say anything or mention it to my regular T when I see him next week even though we don't talk about how group goes.

[Chummy]

I've done grouptherapy twice (actually three times, but the last time I quit after two sessions). The second time was for a year and there were so so many times I didn't said anything the entire session. But that was also my problem (social anxiety). Group therapy isn't really something for me.
There have been sessions when another member didn't said anything for the entire session. Sometimes another member would ask that person about it. Group T's aren't always the best T's, in my experience.

[junkDNA]

i am in a women's trauma group that my T runs once a week for 1.5 hours. there are 3 of us, me included, that don't speak up much. our last group we basically talked about that and how it made the other chattier members feel and the reasons for why the quiet ones stay quiet. it was an intense group and i thought it was interesting because we were talking about the group process as a group. my T usually tries to ask the quieter ones what do you think about this/that?, etc... sometimes he gets eye rolls or one word answers. sometimes he even gets the "i dont feel like talking leave me alone" lol. i think its natural for some people to talk more than others. if you feel like you need to explain yourself and you WANT to do that, then go ahead! but i also think its perfectly fine to not say anything at all, or to wait until you feel ready to talk about it.

[SheHulk07]

Originally Posted by junkDNA

i am in a women's trauma group that my T runs once a week for 1.5 hours. there are 3 of us, me included, that don't speak up much. our last group we basically talked about that and how it made the other chattier members feel and the reasons for why the quiet ones stay quiet. it was an intense group and i thought it was interesting because we were talking about the group process as a group. my T usually tries to ask the quieter ones what do you think about this/that?, etc... sometimes he gets eye rolls or one word answers. sometimes he even gets the "i dont feel like talking leave me alone" lol. i think its natural for some people to talk more than others. if you feel like you need to explain yourself and you WANT to do that, then go ahead! but i also think its perfectly fine to not say anything at all, or to wait until you feel ready to talk about it.

Thank you. I'm not used to not saying anything the whole time, even though I usually don't talk much anyway. I don't think I want to get into explaining why I didn't talk. I think I'll just leave it be unless the T brings it up.