What a great thread! I love reading about everyone's progress

My progress has been so slow and non-linear, but when I think back to how I was before therapy, I can see so many changes..

Probably the biggest change is admitting I have needs, instead of always putting others first and then feeling bad that the needs I didn't even know I HAD weren't met. I am able to express my true feelings much more - and feel my feelings.

Although I am much more dissociative in session, I am much more present in my everyday life, which is amazing.

I am able to understand that change takes time, and I have the faith that if I am patient, things like bad feelings I am having WILL change. This has helped me to give up most of my bad coping skills, even the ones that I have had for EVER, like my ED.

I am willing to do things that are scary for me because I know that I have a safe place (T) to return to so I can check in and talk about how I feel and rebuild my confidence.

There have been SO many positive changes since I started therapy. Which is a really nice thing to think about, because it is SUCH hard, hard, scary work.