I've been in some form of therapy or another for 4 years. I started with 18 sessions of CBT which i have to say has been very useful for the negative self-talk, but obv was limited and didn't get into the deeper trauma stuff. I've started with an Art therapist now and i've had 16 sessions so far and i think i'm going to be with her for the long haul. I hope she will be my final therapist.

At the beginning of my therapy journey, i hated myself so much, my inner voice was terribly abusive, and now i've learnt to tone that downs quite a bit and challenge them.
I used to be very reactive to others, i'd see everything as a personal slight on me whereas now i don't take things as personally as i used to, i see all the shades of grey and that most people's reactions are more to do with them than me. So i'm calmer now, i don't let things get to me so much and i calm down quicker. I'm nicer to myself, i give myself more of a break than i used to. Because i can be nicer to myself, i also can be more forgiving of others. So i guess i'm less rigid.

I still have a loooong way to go unfortunately. But there are changes in me, it's a slow process and sometimes i fall backwards for a while. It's hard to see if therapy is helping at times because it is so gradual but then something in life happens and you react in a really healthy way and you cope and then you realise how far you've come.

I'm maybe not a success story yet but i truly believe i will be.