Therapy is weird. You come in and talk to a stranger about your deepest feelings. This makes sense to some people because sometimes talking to a stranger feels less vulnerable. For others, it can feel really bizarre for a while. Maybe you are the type of person that enjoys keeping the attention on other people so the fact that therapy is a space for you to explore YOU makes you uneasy. But one of the elegant aspects of therapy is that how we feel in the room tends to mirror how we feel in other aspects of our lives. So when you first start, you might feel like you don't know what to talk about. You might find yourself making lists of topics. You might even feel yourself going blank when you come in the room. None of this is wrong, it just is. Part of the therapy process is helping all of us feel more comfortable with the things that make us uncomfortable. If you don't like to have the spotlight on you, then therapy can help you explore the underlying discomfort around this. Sometimes we have an implicit assumption that people won't listen or be interested. Many of us got the message that taking up space might be burdensome to others. Whatever the root of the discomfort, in order to be in meaningful mutual relationships with others, we need to learn to hold and take in attention.
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