Thread: DID and therapy
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Old Sep 20, 2006, 07:25 PM
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A friend of mine, well now an ex-friend of mine has recently made the statement to me that I have been in therapy for 4 years now and I should be over it by now. Last night I saw my pdoc and she said something that helped me a great deal. It has been 37 years for me of abuse and torture that I have went through. It isn't going to happen overnight to just get through it and 4 years isn't really a long time to deal with it all. The time period isn't what is a big deal. You can be in therapy for many years or even longer. I think and believe that I will have to be in some sort of therapy or at least dealing with my abuse my whole life. The healing process goes at it's own pace. You can take 2 steps forward and then take 3 steps back as well as take 3 steps forwards and 2 steps back. It is a process that we have to allow to take as much time as it needs to take. Something that shouldn't be rushed along. Go at your own pace and if you feel you need to go a little further or faster, then tell your therapist, if you feel that it is way to much and very overwhelming then tell them and slow it down some. Just be safe with it and know what you need to do within to make it through. I definetely think that you shouldn't drop therapy. It doesn't matter how long you have been in it. What matters is that you are getting what you need and deserve out of it. If you feel you aren't, then maybe look into finding a new therapist. Just my opinion.

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