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When You Can't Tell the Truth to the Person Trying to Help You

I've been lying to my therapist about how much I drink because I don't want her to think I have a problem but I'm starting to wonder if I do.

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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're protecting yourself from facing a difficult reality by controlling what information your support system can access.

Ideas that help explain it
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