Do you think my therapist was frustrated with me?

[Anonymous]

I was going through a crisis a couple months ago, and needed to talk to someone about it. I've pretty much covered everything, and now I don't really know what to talk about. I had an appointment with her today. The first question she asked was "is there something you'd like to talk about. I was silent for like 5 seconds, and was like "not really". She was like "okay?" Then chuckled. I eventually thought of something to talk about, but do you think she was frustrated that I didn't know what to talk about?

[Oliverlogan263]

It's hard to say for sure based on just that interaction, but it doesn't sound like she was too frustrated with you. A couple thoughts:

- 5 seconds of silence isn't that long, she probably wasn't expecting you to instantly jump into something deep right away.

- The chuckle could have just been a friendly, conversational way to acknowledge the awkward pause and get you talking again.

- Therapists are used to patients having ups and downs in what they want to discuss - some days you may not have much weighing on you.

- She let you take the time to think of something, rather than pushing or seeming annoyed you weren't more prepared.

- Crisis stuff is intense and exhausting to process, so it makes sense you're past that now and need to find new things to focus on.

I wouldn't read too much into it dude. Chances are she's heard it all before and just wanted to make sure you still felt you had a space to talk things through if needed. Don't stress - sounds like she's still there to help you work through next steps. You're good!

[slatyb]

No, she wasn't. Don't worry about entertaining your therapist. Talk or don't.

[OtterMan68]

Maybe she did not wan to draw you out or lead you. she wanted you to come to something on your own