I just finished 5 years and am struggling very hard with termination. Although my views may change over time, and I was crazy about my analyst, I think that analysis (4 or 5 days each week, on the couch) is too painful and too intense. I compare it to helping someone lose weight by locking them in the closet without food. I built up this intense relationship with this woman and then, poof, she is gone. And because of the privacy I have no one to talk to about my grief.