Posted by spalding on July 20, 2005, at 15:31:40
In reply to Interesting Questions for ya'll???, posted by LadyBug on July 19, 2005, at 23:42:59
Hi everybody...
>How many wish you had NEVER been in therapy?????
I wish I had never met one certain therapist in particular (years ago), but my current T. and experiences with him negate the bad experiences.
>Do you have regrets???
I regret spending time and money on 2 useless Ts. One I liked but she didn't challenge me or provide me with insights, and I had no idea what I needed to do, so nothing changed. The other T. I went to with my DH, and she was just awful, blaming him for all these things that were really due to my undiagnosed BPD. My current pdoc and T. (both terrific) said that both of these Ts should have had their acts in gear and referred me to a pdoc with all the symptoms I was presenting with. Seven years later, with no Ts help, I got diagnosed...
Bitter much? YES!
>Has it helped you??
My current therapy -- it's been almost 2 years -- has helped in difficult, horrible, painful, beautiful, funny, wonderful ways. Thank dog.
>Has it hurt you??
I was hurt after I was able to see that my unsatisfying, unhelpful therapy was just that. So much lost time and lost money, as well as one botched termination and one termination that didn't even happen. Ugh.
>Has it made you feel worse about yourself or >better about yourself??
Great question. I think the jury's still out on this one. I feel good about the process I'm going through, I feel good that I've been particularly strong in session lately...but I have no idea if all this translates to feeling better about myself.
Yeah, I probably shouldn't get rolling here. :)
>Did you get all that you wanted out of it??
In the past, obviously, no. In my current therapy, it's still a work in progress....but definitely going in the right direction.
>Would you recommend it to others??
Only if they have time, a willingness to research and ask questions (when choosing a T.) and at least a little opennness. It can be done, I was closed up tight when I started with my current T., and cracks have come to the armour very slowly, but what do you know, it can be a good thing. Sometimes. :)
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