I wouldn't like your therapist, he would probably end up on my stack of 'fired' as one psychiatrist put it, therapists. Of course she always blamed me for it.

Anyways, I think that apologizing is fairly common with PTSD...I'm only assuming that of course because I apologize for anything and everything if I think it could have been something that would be offensive to someone because I'm afraid of making anybody mad at me.

That was a really bad run on.

I don't think you are apologizing so that you can just do an offensive act again, you are defensively apologizing, which is totally different.

And if he did something though, that upset you, being that he is your therapist....then he should apologize to you. How else is he to foster your trust? Because that's essential in any therapist/client relationship.

I don't blame you for telling him off....I had to well I'm more stand offish but I had to tell a therapist that I basically thought he was a quack, now I do avoid eye contact with him even more than I did when I was seeing him because he was just wacko...pulling some new agey therapy on me.

Double talking and such.

If he is making you this upset you certainly don't need it if it's making your symptoms worse. A therapist should be helping you feel better not making you feel worse. I know how hard it is 'shopping' for a new therapist and it's always trial and error. But you won't get anywhere until you are able to trust and share with your therapist without feeling bad or without him making you feel bad.

I went almost 9 months without a therapist because of my bad experiance with my last one....it was by the grace of God that I ended up with the therapist I ended up with. (the one I have now)

But I know that he should probably be telling you its okay to apologize and to not beat yourself up over it...it's okay that you're apologizing but that doesn't mean that you have anything to apologize for. You just are feeling guilt which is a normal facet of PTSD. (I've been reading my workbook so I apologize if I've overstepping).