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Originally Posted by Leah123
That is truly awesome, congratulations to you and thanks for sharing! I just started a thread like this a few days ago and hoped a lot of people would share. It's SO easy to obsess about what's wrong, and I agree, even though I'm in therapy, that the problem with therapy can be that week to week stress, being agitated a lot by the process, so I think it's doubly important to talk about success and goals, and progress toward them even though we may never feel 100% perfect (who is!) !  |
Yea, it is easy to obsess about how bad things are, and no, I doubt 100% is possible!
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Originally Posted by RTerroni
It is great to hear that you are doing better.
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Thanks RT
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Originally Posted by velcro003
Oh wow, HOW AWESOME! I never saw that thread, or if I did, I don't remember it. Amazing insight you have on yourself, and also amazing all the things you have accomplished.  |
Thanks velcro
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Originally Posted by ListenMoreTalkLess
I think that at times, therapy happens when you are out of session, certainly including after it is over. I think what's great about your story is that you figured out what works for you and followed that, even if it isn't what might help someone else or even the majority of people. Making a conscious, intentional choice about how to live your life is what functioning living is all about, IMO.
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It was a conscious choice LMTL, thank you for pointing that out. I knew things needed to change drastically, and I am so freakin surprised that they did! lol
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Originally Posted by granite1
wiki you have come so far and have amazing self worth, strength. what more can i say .i love you bunches
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right back at ya.
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Originally Posted by puzzle_bug1987
Do you think therapy in general makes you worse, or a particular therapist?
I have been sincerely thinking that therapy actually made me much worse, but I wonder if I'm rationalizing losing my therapist by telling myself that. I'm not saying that you do that AT ALL. It's just that not many people come right out and say therapy made them worse.
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It's a fine line I guess, but yea, Therapy was making me crazy! It was a few T's a couple of good ones, a few bad ones...but all in all it was escalating things. Some people (read ME) can't talk about trauma without making their symptoms way worse. My life is really manageable without T...no self harm, very few suicidal thoughts, I get out more, I have found people I am comfortable being around, and I actually have a life for the first time in years.
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Originally Posted by growlycat
You have accomplished so much on your list. And I can relate to one you are still working on--group therapy. I have always been irritated by group therapy because oner or two people always seem to "take over" the group and I think T's are reluctant to step in--they want the group to self-police or something.
What are your thoughts on group therapy? On the one hand, you sound successful at the trauma program you completed yet you don't have group highlighted as an accomplishment?
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You know...the program helped because it was a limited time. I have tried a cancer survivors group (which is what was recommended) and I hated it. I just am not the complaining type, and listening to people "bi tch" about what happened to them years ago really bugged me. (BUGGED ME, not anyone else) I am the type of person who needs to move on, and I give a lot of credit to people who can work thru stuff like that, it's just not for me)
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Originally Posted by stopdog
I am glad so much of it is positive.
I am a tad worried about your age range of women as I may be outside the range of acceptability - if not now then very very soon.
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Yea...I am about to be out of that age range myself! Looks like I'll have to trash the mirrors! I am sure that range will change as I change...there is a woman who I really admire at the clinic and get along well with and she's near 60
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Originally Posted by Mastodon
That's awesome, wikid. 
It's a really good idea to go back and read old posts. I find it helps me tremendously. |
it is good...but sometimes embarrassing too! I read an old post of mine and though OMG, I can't believe I wrote that!