Posted by Tabitha on March 31, 2016, at 19:43:55
In reply to Re: factors that may keep us 'sick', posted by Christ_empowered on March 31, 2016, at 13:25:53
> the narrative seems to be that I "wanted to be special,"
Ugh, that's just awful. By that logic anyone with any uncommon health problem should be guilty. I hate how people in smallish groups want to put a label on someone, and you're forever defined by that thing.
To answer your original question, I've started to think that long-term therapy was a factor that kept me sick. I thought I was taking care of myself, and trusted her to speak up if my meds were off, but she didn't speak up and she didn't recognize the issue. Plus, she encouraged me to think I was uniquely troubled and thus needed endless therapy. And she encouraged me to focus on my problems and think about them and talk endlessly about them. It made me think of myself as a very, very dysfunctional person making tiny bits of progress.
I'm probably the minority. Other people feel helped by therapy. I'm glad you seem to like your counselor.
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