Turned out my therapist agreed with my parents that it was time for me to stop going. I was practically in tears by the end, but that's not really surprising - I hate goodbyes. It seems for anxiety problems there isn't really such a thing as being "cured", and it's not helpful to see it that way, because it's normal to feel some anxiety in daily life. It's how you deal with it, and whether it's excessive, that counts. We spent most of the session on how to avoid a relapse, which was helpful, and I've got a leaflet about it now. As for dealing with news stories that trigger my PTSD symptoms, I'm not supposed to avoid them (not that that's easy to do anyway, as I found out...), but I'm also to try and not get emotionally attached to them...not quite sure how I'm going to manage that, but I'll give it a shot.

This is a big change, and it does feel quite sudden, but he did say to call if I was finding things hard, so it's not like I'll never be able to go back to therapy again.