Posted by 10derHeart on September 7, 2005, at 23:27:58
In reply to Afraid to start therapy - will it be worth it?, posted by JenStar on September 7, 2005, at 23:06:25
>> Do you all feel that therapy is worth the trouble?Not every minute of every day, or after every session...there are always some doubts, but overall.....YES YES YES! My quality of life and understanding of myself (and surprisingly to me, at first...) of others, has improved greatly.
>>How did you get over the hurdle of actually STARTING therapy?
This probably won't be too helpful, but when I started in 2002, there WAS no choice any more. I was a MESS with out of control ADD symptoms making every day too hard to manage, depression and severe anxiety I didn't recognize as such.....my grown daughter (age 20 then) pretty much gave me an ultimatum to "go get help!" one night, after listening to me whine, cry, and freak out over how awful I felt....again...
So, you see, I just had no choice.
My problem, which I really don't want to face, will be *stopping* therapy. It's become so very important to me.
But I'd choose that problem any day over not getting this kind of help for all the other stuff.
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