That's true Bill, you're right. I think I may reconsider therapy or medication in the future. I think I've just had bad experiences with therapy in the past. I've had two therapists, one befriended my mother because my mom was really good at befriending people if it suited her agenda. So I was very disappointed by him and immediately stopped going to the sessions. The second therapist was a student still studying in the final stages of her therapist degree at a university so she was very "green" and often struggled with ways to help me.

It's true that a mate shouldn't be leaned on for therapeutic support, I can definitely see how exhausting that would be.