Yes, I understand that. There was a poll in a different area of this site that asked about whether or not people took on their diagnosis as their identity, with degrees of how strongly or not. There were a few reactions that caught my attention, one saying that it was shocking to see that so many took on the diagnosis as a crucial part of their lives. I don't personally feel that way, but I also don't have any judgments about it. To link that to this issue though, it would seem that if you felt that your diagnosis was crucial to who you were or what you were doing in life, then it would logically follow that you would take therapy perhaps as more important than other daily experiences. I don't actually know. It's really more of a curiosity, but something that matters to me so not completely idle.

For myself, there have been times when therapy seemed one of several things I was doing. When I switched to a different kind of therapist, even former issues seemed brand new and the idea of substantial change and understanding of all that I've been through brought me back into it as a very important part of my life. It's really actually too complicated to go into, but I have wondered how people do view their own therapy experiences and how much time they spend working with these issues on their own or through other means.