This topic and its subsequent replies have triggered me. I came on last night to reply to this thread again and I found myself consumed with anger and anxiety. I don't know why.

I'm angry again as I write this.

I'm perplexed yet fully understand the reasoning behind not telling your T everything. I feel that the reasons behind not telling your T everything are irrational, though. A therapist's job in life is to assess not judge. Have the majority of people posting to this thread actually had a therapist who judged them? OR was a response to your trauma by a therapist perceived as being judgmental by you, the patient? Let's be honest with ourselves here - most of us suffer from distorted thinking and become extremely reactionary when we are triggered (hey, maybe I'm doing it right now??!!).

I'm just curious, how many people here have tried rationalizing this problem within their own head?

Just because your doctor does something that you don't like doesn't mean he is not trustworthy! To expect someone, anyone, to act how you want them to act, when you want them to do so, is completely absurd in my book. Maybe I'm reading all of these replies incorrectly and again, for some reason I have become triggered and it seems that all I can see from these posts are people who want dogs instead of doctors.

I truly and deeply hope that I have not offended anyone and if I have, then I apologize.

Best,
Rachel