Just looking for experiences.
Does therapy work?
I feel a little mixed up about it sometimes. I think I am making progress...and I honestly believe I'd be dead if I hadn't reached out earlier this year.
I'm one of those people who needs help with recognizing distorted thinking and learning to love myself (trying...oh I'm trying so hard) .
Much of my therapy focuses on the present and how what I do now can help me to reach my goals. That may sound a bit like life coaching, but it goes a little deeper than that.
Anyone find that therapy doesn't work? What was wrong? What could be improved upon?
Just thinking...therapy is almost like having an expensive friend who devotes full attention for almost an hour at a time. I don't have any friends around here right now
, so having someone to sound off to who
has to listen to me is nice. I wish I could get this for free.
It's really hard for me to build trust in someone and I don't make friends so easily. I thought about why this is the case and while I acknowledge that I'm not very outgoing, I am picky about with whom I associate. I only form deep attachments to people who are worth it. Right now that list is very small. Excluding family, I have one close friend who lives on the other side of the country.
Obviously my therapist is
not my friend, but I do trust her. I think it’s important for me to be able to talk to someone about problems who will not betray that trust.
I wonder if therapy is only a substitute for what I really need. Maybe there is a bit of truth to that, but I do know I still need help, friends or no friends.
Some close face to face friends would be nice.