Looking back, therapy has only helped me in one way. Sometimes I have been able to discuss concerns that are too embarrassing to discuss with people who know me. In a few cases, the therapist has given me useful information about my concerns that helped me feel better.

As an example, I had a psychotic episode several years ago, but I didn't know it was a psychotic episode. I was really stressed about what God was trying to tell me and whether God might actually be Satan and so forth. This was several years after the episode, but it was still bothering me. I couldn't talk about these things with people who knew me, because I knew that they sounded crazy. So I was able to talk to a therapist, and she told me about psychosis.

That's the only way therapy has been helpful to me.