I've said this before, but I'm pretty sure so long as insurance is about making a profit, people will always be treated like numbers: this one is making us money; this one is losing us money...cut their *** out of our plan. If they can't completely cut you because it's a group program, then they can raise your employer or group's rate, then they might switch to a new one that's less costly for them, but where the 6 month pre-existing reapplies to you. GRRR. And I think most healthcare companies would like us to move to another country...or else die. It would save them money. I don't care anymore. I hope I'll get to feeling better eventually, but in this maddening cycle, I kind of doubt it.

Sorry your group got too authoritarian. Sad but true that a lot of people in certain professions (counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatry, MDs, etc.) start to think they're a god and know everything even though everyone's situation is different. I've always been an independent person, which is why it took 29 years to seek treatment and even now I wonder what I'm doing, but at least I know when people start to act like the authorities in my childhood: school, church, parents, I know it's time to get the hell outta there. You can probably still talk to friends you made on that site without having to post anything, right? Sorry you're sad. We're here.