Published on 12, July, 2020
Just wondering who here is willing to say if they see a therapist/counsellor and if so, how long have they been doing so for? And how long are they likely to continue doing so? Something that was just said to me made me wonder am I being pathetic in being more than a year in to weekly sessions and feeling like several more months at least feel needed.
I tried it once, 8 weeks, 1h session per week, it didn't feel like it helps at all, to the contrary, going again through bad memories only made reminescence more about them and made those memories stronger
I find that for me, there's a lifetime of suppressed stuff, plus the ongoing heartbreak of more recent life events, to process. Eight weeks wouldn't have scratched the surface, but it's interesting to hear your view on things as always.
I have loads of childhood trauma and abuse, not fitting in, being left after 10 year long relationship, I don't care about it anymore, it's pointless to believe it has influence over you and that you can recover from it, when there is nothing in the first place, I didn't do all those bad things, and not planning on doing them to others
I reckon there is a right answer for each of us, except that they're all different