Things you regret telling your therapist

Following the other thread, I was wondering what kind of thing you told your therapist you now wish you wouldn't and why. And have you talked about it?

I don't think I have any regrets in that area, there is one topic that I hate and I don't regret telling him about it but sometimes I get upset for bringing it up again. He says it bothers me so it keeps coming up. Last time I didn't take it well and told myself I wouldn't bring it up again and I haven't but he doesn't really now how bad I felt afterwards.

But so far things I was afraid to talk about usually went better than I thought so I usually regret not saying something and then waiting another week only not to bring it up again.

Anything I tried explaining to the woman that was not about my person and their illness. Everything else I tried to tell the therapist about -she was useless about

Very good thread idea

First I was going to say there was nothing I regretted telling him, but maybe talking about my weight as I am extremely self conscious about it even though I rationally know there's nothing wrong with it.

That is a very sensitive topic for me too and I wasn't going to talk about it because it's not why I go there but it came up too and I was very uncomfortable and self conscious but now I'm glad I did. I also learned that being rational doesn't always help me in therapy.

My previous T asked me once if I had any suicidal thoughts and I hesitated and then said "no" (which was a lie). She asked me if I was sure and I said yes.
The next session she asked again and I told the truth that time. She brought up the previous session and I said "Well I may not have been entirely truthful..."

I don't regret telling her I was suicidal, that was important, but I wish I had phrased that sentence differently. She lost trust in me because I lied to her and I'm not sure I ever regained it. I was really ashamed in myself.

There have been some things. I mention one small thing once and consecutively she'd bring it up every session, or link all my problems to that, or take it way more seriously than it was (like you go to the doctor because you can't keep any food down and have lost 20 lbs, and you mention you stubbed your toe that morning, and from that moment on, that session and every time you see him, you'll spend half the time talking about your toe - that probably doesn't even hurt anymore).

Nothing so far, I tend to have more regret about things I don't say...although early on I used to panic every time I hit send on a email.... because I thought what I said was stupid or I'd annoy him, but I don't regret it, he always replied wonderfully

No regrets. Life it too short for regrets. Everything I told my therapists led me to a positive outcome, so even if it was uncomfortable at the time (wasn't most of it?), that information served its purpose.

I wish I'd never told T1 that I'd Googled her. She seemed really bothered by it, and I think that damaged our relationship.

I regret telling MC that it bothered me that he wasn't going to tell us about his wife's death. I should have just left him alone about that topic at that time. He was dealing with so much stuff of his own, the last thing he needed was me bringing my own feelings into his personal loss. (Yes, I know, therapy is supposed to be about the client, not the T, but with something like this...) I feel that damaged our relationship in some way (even though I later apologized profusely for it and said I wasn't looking for forgiveness, that I'd just felt badly about how I acted and wanted to tell him I was sorry. He never really said anything about the apology, which was over e-mail).

Nothing yet for T2--well, I may have already told him something I'll regret later, just don't know it yet! At first I regretted being so open about some things so quickly, but I think that ultimately just ended up sort of jump-starting my therapy, so that we could get to the real issues sooner.

Like you LT, i regret telling blank slate T that I Googled her as it was all downhill after that!

Anything trauma-related. I feel this visceral disgust when I think about the things I've told him - and intense regret for making it real by talking about it.

When I was in a drinking relapse, I send a few drunken emails with either half-coherent or irrelevant content to my Ts that I really regretted afterward, especially when I did not even have the guts to admit I had been drinking. Other than that, nothing.

Things I regret telling my therapist: see you next week.

I was going to say "not anything i can think of," then remembered the drunken e-mail I sent her a few weeks ago. It was the first thing out of her mouth and I was like "Uhhhh...I was hoping you magically didn't get that e-mail." Luckily, she's cool and it was okay..but it was just so melodramatic and stupid, and drunk.

I may more regret the times I let the woman speak. Sure it was a bust trying to get her to understand me - but it was a million times worse when she spoke.

Honesty is best, I believe, but there are exceptions. I also think it's ok to not be honest sometimes about things as an act to protect yourself. Personally, I wouldn't tell a new T if I was suicidal in fear they'd overreact. People here have had the police called on them and were taken in handcuffs from their homes! (for some this is ok but for me, totally violating)

Therapists likely expect people to be dishonest from time to time. It's part of life. No one is 100% honest. Please don't beat yourself up.

I don't think there's anything I regret, although there is a few things I have said/wrote that I am embarrassed by and I'm sure in the future there will be more times I sit there and think 'I can't believe I've just said that'