Have you said this to your therapist?

Therapy for me tends to go in cycles when I am doing well enough; we'll work hard on something for several months and then take a break and things will be relaxed for a few weeks and then we move to another topic. When I have an episode everything gets turned over into getting me through then eventually we try to go back.

But I have PTSD too and lack a lot of normal coping skills so that probably helps me have topics. My PTSD is well-controlled after intense therapy but I am still learning to cope in the real world, social skills, and some other stuff. I imagine I always will be since I've been in therapy for 13 continuous years and still need it and probably have done more like 17 years in my life.