It's really common for people to want their therapist to think well of them, and to try to gain the therapists approval by trying to seem "less sick" by hiding symptoms, etc. But therapists don't actually judge their clients by "how sick" they are, especially since a lot of things that people want to hide are actually very normal things. What actually makes a therapist feel good about the therapeutic relationship is for the client to be honest in therapy, and start sharing the things he/she was trying to keep hidden. So I know that you're embarrassed to tell your therapist about things, but she'll actually think well of you for telling her rather than for hiding it.
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