well lets see....my parents did a mighty good job of inflicting massive damage upon me as a child due to severe sexual, emotional & physical abuse as did their friends and assorted others....they were alcoholics and suffered from mental illness as well.

so...flash forward...i'm 51...got substance abuse issues, did, ptsd, bipolar, depression, health issues, hell even my issues have issues...i expect to be in therapy pretty much forever...but then again i didn't start until '92...and that was with the unethical evil t.

now i've been with my current t for almost 4 years (spring '10) . made real preogress. she says she is in no hurry to get rid of me and i can come until i don't want to come any more....if i choose to stop or take a break that is fine..she said she will always be there for me as she is my t.

i figure the abuse cycle goes back at least 3 generations i know of and ahead at least one...it is firmly entrenched..so is the mental illness. i need all the help i can get in dealing with things...as i go to see my regular dr to deal with my "normal" health stuff (asthma, kidneys, diabetis etc, i take care of my mental health stuff the same way. my head is the same as my kidneys...