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Calm said:
Love your gym analogy, too. I'm too embarrassed to say how long I've been attending therapy. After all this time, I still go through bouts of feeling shame about having to need therapy. It's that whole mental illness stigma thingy that causes it.

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There's no need to feel shame!!! But I can understand it. Would you believe I felt I didn't have a right to seek therapy because I wasn't struggling with major depression or phobias or something like that. I was/am just suffering from interpersonal relationship difficulties. I actually felt jealous of people who I thought were more deserving of help (people with more serious problems than mine). I felt like I was just being weak asking for help. But y'know, I do need help, and I'm going to take it. And I will be a better person for it. And so will you! There's no shame for us!!! :-)

Sidony