<font color="purple"> </font> I feel for you hun. I know how hard it is to talk about the memories. When they first would come back to me, I had to tell them in the third person, ie. There was this girl and they did this to her, etc. I guess it distanced me from it enough to get it out. Once I was accustomed to it, later it got easier to make it me, but its still hard. I don't even like to think about it, and when I do tell someone what happened, there is always this voice in me that says, "liar, you must be making this up. You don't know for sure that that really happened." As for taking a long time, if one is going to be functional in everyday life, they have to go slow with this stuff. You can only handle stuff a little at a time or you may end up curled up in a corner somewhere unable to do any thing. Thats why it has taken me so long. I've been in therapy for 7 1/2 yrs, now, 2 1/2 yrs ago, I found out that I had DID on top of my PTSD and severe depression, so that complicated the picture considerably and I don't know if I will ever be done. You take as much time as you need. If this therapist isn't willing to do this with you, you may just need to find someone who will. I know its hard when funds are limited. Good luck and God bless.

Severina