Struggling to be Honest with My Therapist

You’re not the only one, from what I understand it’s common. It took me over a year to truly open up. It’s hard to even think about what’s bothering me let alone tell someone. It will come out when your ready, think of it as building trust a necessary step. Also feel free to say something is up but your not ready, easier said than done. Good luck!

I do that a LOT!!!! Or I overshare to the point that my therapist asks if she needs to contact authorities. There is no middle ground with me. You aren’t alone. But you definitely will get more help and start feeling better if you can bring yourself to tell the truth. Even if each appointment, you bring up a single thing that caused those feelings (don’t have to tell them your attempts to unalive, but just tell them it made you depressed). Before you know it, with putting in a major effort obviously, you’ll be able to speak to them without lying. I’m working on that. And I think my therapist has caught on to when I lie anyway…

I don't personally do that but I know it's pretty common... I could be cemetery wrong, but I hypothesize it may be a combination of self-worth and abandonment issues (things I DO struggle with too, but express differently).