Unfair to do to a therapist?

Your therapist is your therapist because you can talk to her about these things. She can only do her job best (helping you) if you are honest and up front with her. She is trained to listen to you and help you, and while she will worry about you, she understands that is a part of the job. She has been trained to deal with her feelings and the stress the job may create, and will be just fine.

In therapy, YOU are the top priority, not her. She knows this and won't be offended by anything you tell her. She took the job because she wants to help people, and she will best be able to do that if you tell her what's going on. Always be honest with your therapist, and always remember that they're there to help you, not the other way around.

It is her job as a therapist to deal with these kinds of things. That is what she gets paid for. Would you feel bad for making a medical doctor worry about whether or not you have a terminal illness? No, because you would know that is the nature of their job, and if you can't talk to a doctor about an illness, who can you talk to? The medical doctor is the one who is trained and paid to diagnose and manage the serious illness of others without going to pieces. Likewise, a therapist is trained specifically to treat those whose safety might be at risk because of mental health problems without becoming emotionally distraught. They, like the MD's are the ones that a person is specifically supposed to talk to about matters like this.

I haven't read through the other answers, so I apologize if I'm repeating what has already been said, but I think therapists, psychiatrists, or any other professional psychologists, through experience, have learned not to take their patients' problems onto their own shoulders and let them affect their lives outside of the office. Feel free to talk about anything you want to,

you know you need to talk about this darkness because it helps you feel less alone. your therapist probably is genuinely concerned for your safety, but it is her job. i would wonder if there is anyone else in your life that you feel you have made concerned over you.

do you think you need the hospital? what kinds of things have you set up for yourself to help you feel safe so that you don't need the hospital?

To be helped you must always be honest with your therapist. You are seeking help and they can't help you if you think you should only tell them what you think they want to hear. They are the professionals in these matters and therefore you being honest is your only alternative.

You need to deal honestly with your problems, you aren't being honest with yourself or your therapist. Start talking to her about all of your problems and let her help you deal with them.