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Originally Posted by Ygrec23
It's worth it, oh yes it's worth it. If you're living in constant pain and you want to get rid of that pain, then you do what you need to do. At any time of life. Particularly when you know that a route to pain-free living is really out there. I don't know why you threw in "...that needs to be changed and fixed all the time..." I know that a number of folks here have spent decades in therapy. I don't think I'm going to need that, by a long chalk. Nor do I think I'll need to redo my head again. So "all the time" seems strange to me.
Yeah. You understand this thing. A person is not infinite. If you're really serious, I think that like many others (not all) you can do what you need to do and then you're finished. And I think you can help other people. Take care.  |
I'm not in constant pain, I have more moderate but ongoing depression. It's not that clear that there's something I "need to do." My therapist apparently doesn't think so either since he said he can't answer for me whether therapy is a good idea for me. I want to believe therapy could fix thoughts of suicide and being disliked, but it's not always clear if there really is something that could be changed, or if my issues are just normal problems in life. It is good for you that you're very clear on that, for yourself, that there is something you could fix and be finished with. My t said that he thinks therapy can be useful for everyone whenever they have the time in life to focus on it. So my t believes in a sort of endless self development, I guess. I think "whenever they have the time" is a roundabout way of saying when the depression is drawing one's attention instead of any more engaging things in life drawing one's attention. Kinda seems like one should try to push one's attention toward other things in life and try to become detached from therapy, but that also seems like it would defeat the purpose of therapy.
On the other hand, it is nice to think if therapy takes longer than one expects, it doesn't necessarily mean you haven't accomplished something you're supposed to accomplish, it could just be that you need support the same as anyone can use support from therapy.