Feeling weird about my therapist’s comments on my bisexuality…

Ime it's very very common that people don't believe in bisexuality. I've had a psychiatrist flat out tell me bi women are straight and bi men are gay, and definitely experienced scepticism from other therapists.

My therapist now is a gay man and I hate it if he ever mentions my sexuality because it's so hard for me to imagine any gay people wouldn't scoff at bisexuality (despite knowing many many gay people who don't do that). I make so many disclaimers whenever he references it and I never refer to myself that way, just talk about specific experiences if they're relevant.

In your case though I'd be worried about her competence more generally given that it sounds like she's giving you such a confident interpretation of your experience. I can't imagine working with a therapist who would try to tell me how I feel like that.

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