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Originally Posted by letsgogh
I have wanted to see one for months, but I can't seem to get the determination to go, for various reasons. Either I start feeling great again and think I don't need it and it becomes a game of 'oh next time I'll go in, if I ever feel 'x' again I will make an appointment'.
Or, when I feel horrible I become terrified of going and cancel the day before, or I panic about how much it will cost and hate myself or I no longer see the point. I want to go to a walk in next week that at my university but I'm apprehensive and very wary, and it costs money, which I don't have a lot of.
What is it like, and was it worth it?  |
Those were my thoughts before my very first session in college years ago and I did the same thing. My problem was that, like Moxie:
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Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie
I sought out help and was completely naïve. I seriously thought I was going to be fixed in like 8 sessions. I thought they had some secret power you only knew about if you went to therapy. Holy crap was I in for a surprise.
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Really, this is a whole new path you're stepping onto. It's a commitment...to yourself...to take good care of yourself...
What makes my first appointment so memorable was that:
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Originally Posted by Silent Void
I cried. A lot.
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...and I continued to for
many sessions after that one.
I wasn't made to be embarrassed either.
I
always felt so much better when time was up and
I never regretted going. To this day I'm grateful for that first session.
It wasn't peach and roses but I learned so much about myself. With time, like kiwi, I've come to learn that:
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Originally Posted by kiwi33
As a client, I think that asking questions like "Do I trust this person?" and "Do I have rapport with him/her?" in those early sessions is important. There are no "right" answers to them but your answers are what matter.
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Now I, too, wish you:
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Originally Posted by kiwi33
All the best.
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