I like how tw4me described the adventure. For me it feels very empowering, most of all. The first thing I noticed was that I no longer needed the sleeping meds I had been on in order to fall asleep/stay asleep at night. The next thing I didn't even notice, but my mom and my sister did, at a family gathering I was milling around socializing with everyone with my head up and looking people in the eye and carrying on conversations instead of mumbling one-word replies when asked a question. They both mentioned it to me after the fact and I was like oh? it hadn't even phased me at all. about 9 months into therapy, I got a new job - I was so miserable at previous job, saw no way out on my own, then even the beginnings of my blossoming self-esteem hard won in therapy was enough to put myself out there and get a new job. I am SO happy where I work now. I started writing poetry again (I had stopped like 20 years ago or something with the loss of a significant relationship), which eventually led to self-publishing my first book of poems (t was so proud when I told her!) I worked through issues from the past and was able to truly forgive my father for the bad stuff, it took a little longer to forgive my mother but I worked through that too, I still had quite a complex regarding her that did not resolve until only very recently. (maternal transference is a bear and a half!!) Most recently, I feel like half my sessions are spent recounting to t this example and that example that are proof that this therapy stuff really works! My relationships have gotten better and stronger over the course of therapy. I have discovered passions inside of myself and have put myself out there in the world and made new friends who share the same passions and have been getting together with them regularly, egad I could literally go on and on..... I'm in the process of terminating therapy right now, I guess that's why so much is coming to mind to answer this, because t and I have been doing some reminiscing. Therapy has been the absolute best gift I could ever give myself.