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May 30, 2013, 08:00 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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I think with the daily contact, something your old therapist maybe didn't teach you are strategies to tolerate your intense feelings between sessions. IRL, it's not an option, you'll have to be able to do this in order to have close, satisfying relationships, so therapy is a good place to start to learn this. Painful sometimes, but doable.
I think once you *experience* that what seemed like an emergency at the time, the next day is not, you survived, you will start to feel capable and empowered, perhaps with better self esteem. Eventually, with time, you may come to feel this as a triumph! Baby steps.
There are all kinds of ways therapists (and others) can show they care, though I think this is something you'll have to experience to begin to believe; the important thing will be to be open to that experience. I think perhaps the feeling of being cared for in person, with this person sitting in front of you, attuned to you, not judging you, respecting and holding your vulnerability, may end up being more powerful and fulfilling than you could have ever imagined!
Much of this is new to you, but I think eventually you can come out the other side, maybe even stronger 
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