6 months in therapy and I find myself talking about the same problem all the time. I think my therapist is bored but won't tell me. How can I start talking about deeper issues?
I've been going to therapy for 6 months now. My job is an extreme source of stress and unhappiness and I am still stuck with it until I'll be able to find a new one.
Obviously, as the work environment is toxic and the workload is huge, I struggle a lot with my job to the point where I don't sleep well, I have anxiety and depression and I'm always stressed, not being able to relax even when I'm at home.
I tried explaining these things to my therapist but I have doubts she actually understands the lengths of my "mental pain". I think she is bored of hearing me always talk about my job.
Sometimes she gives me some kind of exercise or we talk about different things, but I feel and I know that I haven't been making progress. I'm still stressed and overwhelmed and I can't cope with what happens at work.
She gave me some advice from time to time but nothing can really help me. Also most of the advice is familiar to me, as I've been reading about personal development for years before going to therapy.
I don't think she actually can understand what I'm going through and the way I explain things might make things seem like they aren't even that serious. But they are to me. And I struggle a lot.
From now on I don't even want to talk about my job in my sessions anymore. I want to talk about other things like traumas but I don't know how. Also I'm struggling with people pleasing and she knows it but I haven't made any progress and just because someone tells me to be more firm or assertive doesn't really help me. I'm stuck.