Posted by Soxy on May 29, 2005, at 3:26:19
I've been seeing my T for the past almost two years for social anxiety. After limited results from CBT, we're now trying Schema Therapy. So far i've managed to avoid, delving into the subject of past relationships. In my last session the topic i've been dreading has finally surfaced. I told her I didn't want to talk about it. Due to extreme social anxiety, I have very limited experience with relationships and am so ashamed and embarrassed to tell her. I'm also gay, which makes me feel even more of a freak, and has contributed to the lack of relationships and fuels my anxiety. She was very persistant in wanting to discuss the subject, and has now set relationship history as homework. I don't know how to tell her, I'm scared she's going to tell me i'm disgusting and ask me to leave. I feel so inferior to her, and the thought of her knowing, makes me squirm with fear. I've have never told anyone about it before, I don't know if I can put it into words without ending up in tears. I've thought about writing it down, but still, I'll have to sit there while she reads it.
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