therapy question

[hybridtheory]

i've been seeing the same therapist for awhile now and i really like her, she's easy to get along with
and she's really nice but i'm struggling with opening up to her and talking about anything actually important.
i end up distracting the both of us for the whole hour of our session and talk about random crap going on in the world
or i always ask about her life lol. i'm honestly getting no where in therapy, and no it's not my therapist's fault. I just
suck at opening up to people because i don't like talking about myself.

anyone know anything that would help me? i was thinking about trying to listen to music in our next session, because
music usually ends up making me super emotional or idk maybe therapy just never works and i should just give up on it.

 

[Life_and_Death]

maybe you could keep a journal or something and write down what you want to tell her but lack the ability to speak

 

[so tired or manic]

with kids they play a card game to get them to distract and open up. at the very least it can't hurt to try.

 

[timf]

You might want to ask a question about a specific subject but put it in the context of a friend or someone you know. This poses less risk and you can see what her reaction would be to determine if you could raise something risky about yourself directly.