Posted by Racer on February 25, 2004, at 10:48:58
In reply to Re: If it helps... » Racer, posted by crushedout on February 25, 2004, at 9:15:02
Disclaimer: I'm hardly a poster child for successful completion of therapy, because I was in therapy for a few years with a wonderful woman who helped me make a tremendous amount of progress -- and then fell way back beyond where I'd been when I worked with her. Hardly a resounding success, BUT I do have the experience of going through the dark pain and coming out the other side, with more strength for having done it.
The backsliding in my case is complicated, and way too long to tell you about here. Just accept that my current depression doesn't mean the therapy back then didn't work somehow.
Now for the meat of my post to you:
Yes, it does stop being so difficult. There's a stage where I left her office everytime shaking, then I went through the crying through every session stage, then the wrung out dishcloth stage, then -- and, honestly, not all that long after getting to the wrung out stage -- I came to the stage of dancing down the street after every session stage. Again, your mileage will vary, but for me, once I gave up all my defenses and actually looked at my demons, I'd made a breakthrough that started us onto a fast track of hunting them down and disabling them. Nope, didn't kill them, there were too many connections between my demons and my angels, but we did hogtie them with duct tape for added security, and that process was the fastest part of the therapy -- the slowest part was building me up to the point I could face the process, and that's the point at which I was so wrung out all the time.
I hope that helps. It's only one person's experience, but I hope it helps to know that, for someone who's experienced it, it did end, and end happily.
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