Feeling Selfish in Group Therapy

Some people do better in groups, and others do better with solo sessions. I think how you feel is completely valid. In my experience, group therapy has typically been for people with minor issues, or ones that are already in the maintenance phase of therapy. If you are still trying to actively work through stuff, solo sessions will probably be better for you. I would also like to add that a lot of people don't feel comfortable talking about the really bad things in group therapy because they're afraid of judgment or they're afraid of upsetting someone else. You're only seeing what's outside of their head, not what's inside it. I try to remember that anger is our subconscious's way of communicating with us. And based on what you said, it seems like your anger is trying to tell you that you don't feel understood. Plenty of people will say that you need to communicate better, but you can communicate all you want. Comprehension is just as important, and if the person that you're communicating to doesn't or won't comprehend what you're saying, it's not going to work.

That's understandable and normal. Coming from learning psychology and need therapy myself. I get it. No one will ever truly be able to understand you and what you been through apart from you. It's the awful truth I learnt a while ago.

1 on 1 therapy would probably suit you better as then you can tackle your own problems and be the only focus, a lot of people myself included have the opposite problem to you where we struggle to validate our feelings even when they’re the most valid and so it might not be helpful in that group for people that feel that way to have the comparison of someone who feels the opposite so for both parties 1 on 1 is probably best, and you are definitely not a bad person