If you offer her a sincere apology and change your behavior, she will not bring up βthe pastβ again. However, if you apologize with no change in behavior, not only is that manipulation, but what you call βthe pastβ is actually the present.
I told my therapist:
βIβm not suicidalβ¦
but Iβm tired in a way that scares me.β
She didnβt brush it off.
She didnβt say βeveryone gets tired.β
She didnβt tell me to think positive.
She said softly: