u/Joe060712

NAT - I've been seeing my therapist for almost a year and I think she's amazing but I still feel like I dont trust her. For example I will tell her something and she validates my feelings but in the back of my mind I'm thinking she's only saying it because she has to, or its the right thing to say. I also don't feel like I can say that to her because by now I feel I should be at a place where I believe what she says. Is this normal? I dont even know what she could do to convince me she is being genuine and its making me so stressed and anxious for my next session.

NAT - I've been seeing my therapist for almost a year and I think she's amazing but I still feel like I dont trust her. For example I will tell her something and she validates my feelings but in the back of my mind I'm thinking she's only saying it because she has to, or its the right thing to say. I also don't feel like I can say that to her because by now I feel I should be at a place where I believe what she says. Is this normal? I dont even know what she could do to convince me she is being genuine and its making me so stressed and anxious for my next session.

NAT - Sorry I have 2 questions. In your experience counseling people do you see things that are a bigger issue or more widespread than society realises or acknowledges. Also regarding trafficking, how common is it for you to have a client who has been trafficked? Thanks so much.

NAT - Something I've been wondering and with the recent news and I cant get out of my mind. I was told that you cant compare people's trauma and how it has affected them but I dont understand the reasoning. I had one thing happen to me in childhood and its taken me ages to process, how does someone process something that has been horrific. I've been following along releasing of the Epstein files and I can't begin to imagine what those kids went through, my brain can't understand or comprehend it. I feel like I'm at an unhealthy point because I can't stop following as files were released and survivors came forward. They have struggled immensely but I see some of the survivors speak out and no one knows beforehand that it had even happened to them. How can they be carrying on with life, working, having families and I cant get over this one thing. I raise this continuously with my therapist and she validates my experience and tells me people experience things differently but I feel like I'm obsessed now with the files to try to understand. I've gotten to the point where I can accept I am struggling and even though its one thing Im allowed to have my experience and not feel guilty. I just dont understand how its the same though, every week I rehash what I experienced but how would you treat one of the survivors, would they be in therapy almost permanently?

NAT - So I shared something really difficult with my therapist today and now I feel very panicked. In the moment I felt okay sharing it, at the end of the session she asked how I was and I was honestly fine. Now its hit me and I have all these thoughts racing through my head. What is she thinking, did she think I was lying etc. Now I have to wait a week to see her and I feel so overwhelmed.