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Old Sep 17, 2013, 10:22 PM
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I wonder if I am kind of like the person your T sees you as? I don't think of myself as mentally ill. But yet I am in therapy. I do have some existential issues, some social anxiety, some ADHD that I try to manage, some relationship patterns that aren't healthy. I think people who are not mentally ill can benefit tremendously from therapy!!! I think it would be helpful to discuss with your T about whether she thinks you should be in therapy even if you're not mentally ill. My T has never said I should leave therapy because I wasn't ill. The two don't go hand in hand, necessarily. Perhaps there are some therapists who only want to work with people who are mentally ill. But probably a lot of Ts like to have a mix of clients.
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