my family doesn't like the fact that I am in therapy either. in past years I got comments of what are you going to a shrink for anyway? Are you done with with that nonsense yet. Why do you want to air our laundry in public for anyway, famlily stuff belongs in the family.

so I hid for many years that I was in therapy. and at times I dropped out of therapy when I knew I should stay in therapy partly because of family attitudes about therapy and "shrinks".

Now I don't get those comments. 5 years ago I started going over the suicidal edge and after entering therapy a DHS caseworker had my therapy court mandated after she got my medical records and found out I had a habit of dropping out because of fear of hospitals and because of family attitudes about therapy and therapy professionals. She had the judge set it up that my therapist was in charge of my therapy decisions of when I could stop seeing her and how often I had to see her.

so then when people found out I was "back into that nonsense again" I had the perfect reply - hey its not me this time Im court mandated through DHS. you can complain all you want to me but I cant drop out without losing parental rights and being arrested or committed to a mental health unit for not complying with a court order.

those that didn't like the idea of my being in therapy stopped asking "when will you be done with that nonsense" The court order has been closed and I am no longer court ordered to remain in therapy but I do so because I know that I need to continue what SKR and I began when the court order was in effect. Occasionally the question of what do you talk about in therapy comes up and I tell the person flat out - my depression, DID, flashbacks, nightmares, the party I went to (which always lightens the mood because everyone knows Im not a party hardy / bar hop type person.)

Hang in there.