I've been with this T for a little over 2 years. I'm definitely making progress, but it's slow. And I own the slowness.

I'm stubborn and very slow to open up. I can't open up unless I trust and I'm very cautious with trust. I have to do a lot of testing to make sure anyone is trustworthy, and this makes for a lot of ruptures and repairing of ruptures. All this takes time. Luckily I have a patient T who doesn't push me much (maybe he should ....). If I was a different kind of person, maybe therapy would go quicker. But I yam who I yam. I expect another 2 years minimum.