Experience with Talk Therapy

How has talk therapy been for you guys?

I talk to my therapist about my trauma, but it is so hard for me to feel any type of emotion. All I feel is that my forehead hurts because I’m trying to think of my past memories.

I know what my trauma is, but I’m able to tell it so listlessly because my memories feel so distant. I can tell him the saddest and most heartbreaking experience ever with a straight face. I know there’s some emotional suppression going on and all that.

How is therapy supposed to work when I don’t even relate to my own trauma?