Living therapy appointment to therapy appointment

[Runningfargal]

I feel like this must be wrong, I have weekly therapy and it’s all I can do to get to the next therapy appointment. I like my therapist, it’s been a very long road to let myself start to trust her and not feel shame and embarrassment every session. It is my one hour a week I get to just “be”. No mask, no fake or forced smile, no making everything look like it’s okay. It is place where I am not alone and I can be okay not being okay. Is this normal? Is this okay for now that I feel so dependent? Feeling this needy and asking for support is very foreign and uncomfortable for me yet I crave it. I am “recovered” in most people’s eyes, including my kids and husband because that is front I put up. It’s a relief to just let that go once a week and I feel like it’s all I think about until I return again.

[Kat63]

I’m glad you have the weekly therapy appointments.

Would it be possible to be a little more open about how you’re really feeling, outside of therapy appointments? If somebody loves you, they would be concerned if you’re feeling unwell in any way. They probably want to know.

[hypercat54]

How could this be wrong when it makes you feel so good to be able to be yourself? I do agree with Kat though that it might help to start opening up more to your loved ones. They can't help unless they know you need it. x