Quote Originally Posted by PaulaQ View Post
I'm the type of person who just doesn't talk about their own problems in person. (Hard to believe from my forum posts, I know - this is almost the only place where I'm completely honest.) I wouldn't talk anyway, and that is the sad truth. Heck, I hide my emotions from my therapist. I don't mean too - but I just do this automatically. So hard to change this.
I realize it is hard to change a lifetime of habits. In this case, I suspect it feels like exposing yourself to the world. But consider this, would you take your car to a mechanic, hand him or her the keys and leave without explaining what the problems were? It's good to have high expectations of those we ask to help us and that they can truly change our lives for the better, but perhaps this may be a bit too much. Maybe?