About three years ago, a close friend of mine pushed me into seeking therapy. Some months later, he encouraged me to ask my pdoc to take me on as a psychotherapy client, since I could not connect to my T, but felt a lot of trust in my pdoc. My friend even wrote the pdoc a letter where he expressed his concern for me - it is one of the most caring things anybody has ever done for me, and I shall always be grateful to him for that. (My pdoc has been my T since then.)
Yesterday, this friend and I had a short email conversation, in which I mentioned that therapy is really hard but I am still glad that I am going. My friend then replied that he has seen real changes in me, in how resilient and capable of handling day-to-day difficulties I am today compared to three years ago. As I said in my previous post I have noticed this in myself, but it was really good to get this confirmation from an outside source.