I think I have misconceptions about talk therapy. I think I would feel totally lost and groundless if I had gone that route. I think it would bother me not knowing if I was just spinning my wheels or not. I like advice. I like being told what to do. I like "evidence" that I'm doing better. But obviously it works for lots of people, so I could probably get something out of it too.

I'd like a therapist like John Lithgow, I think. For some reason, when I think of male therapists I can only picture my shrink--who kind of gets on my nerves sometimes (but today he was nice, so I shouldn't crap on him too much).