I did find being reminded of normality in my life helpful. It is easy to get caught up in the dysfunction and issues and depression and anxiety, and not be able to see the small steps in progress along the way. (The whole can't see the forest for the trees scenario.) My T was able to help me acknowledge that not everything in my life was horrible, I wasn't a total failure at life all the time, I wasn't completely stuck -- I was moving forward in small, measurable steps. That was helpful for me.

It didn't mean I was all fixed. It didn't mean I needed to stop therapy the moment I started a bit of forward movement. It just meant that I could acknowledge those small gains along the way, that life had its good moments, that I was finding ways to manage when I was completely unable to at previous moments along the way, that I wasn't as awful and weak and broken as I kept knocking myself down for.

I suspect that is all she is trying to do Granite. You are SO hard on yourself and I suspect she's hoping you'll find some mercy for yourself somewhere. It isn't as black and white as "T sees I do some 'normal' things; therefore, she must think I'm fine and don't need therapy anymore."