u/Armed_Aphrodite

At a hotel with my friends right now and everyone is asleep and I’m about to have a full flare, I can feel it. It’s getting harder to breathe, my stomach hurts, I’m really hot and flushed, feel like I can’t catch my breath or relax my muscles. When I get a full flare I tend to get like full body convulsions and I don’t want that to happen around my friends because I know it’ll freak them out. I’m a whole state away from home and my rescue medication isn’t touching it. I’ve been under a lot of stress lately which isn’t helping at all and I know is part of it. I just don’t know what to do, it literally feels like my throat is closing

If it’s an area thing, I live in Ohio for context.

I’ve been going to therapy for like 8 years and I’m a huge proponent of it (especially as a psych student). I found a new therapist after moving back to my hometown and I’ve been there for about six months and established a good rapport. My mom has started recently floating the idea about going to therapy (which is what I’ve been telling her to do for years) and I was excited until she asked me if I thought my therapist would be a good fit for her.

The problem is that I talk about my mom in therapy, a *lot.* She had me young and we’ve had a lot of issues most of which I’ve discussed extensively in therapy. My mom isn’t looking for family therapy, and she suggested seeing my therapist on her own.

Does it create some sort of conflict? Obviously my therapist wouldn’t tell her anything (but I know my mom would ask, because she’s like that). Does it toe the line of a therapist being unable to treat someone they know personally? Have any therapists had this?

Thanks in advance, guys :)