((((((((((Roseleigh))))))))))

Don't give up

My T sometimes says "time takes what time takes". There's no timetable for healing...I think it happens for all of us at our own pace. I know that when I started therapy, I thought I would be "all better" when my THIRTY SESSIONS were done, and here I am, over three years later. I've worked hard, I have a great T...AND healing takes a long time for some people. Like me.

I was out of an abusive situation for a LONG time before I started therapy, though. If I were still in a situation like that, I think it would feel overwhelming, and make it SO much harder to give up all of the coping methods I had used over the years to deal with my feelings. I hope you are safe.

Isn't it hard to give ourselves the gentleness we would give to others? Try to see yourself with compassion, and really look at you at the beginning of therapy and you now. Change is SO slow that sometimes it's hard to see it. I like Sunny's idea of asking your T what changes he/she has seen.

Sending lots of hugs