I've seen a handful of therapists throughout my life. I never got anything out of any of those experiences (as far as working on issues). It was like I was just expected to blather into the wind for an hour while the therapist occasionally gave me a sign of life. But there was no guidance, no methods, no change. I talk to myself a LOT and always have since I was a child, so simply talking doesn't do anything for me. Everything I've told a therapist, I've told a wall at least a dozen (if not hundreds) of times before. I did like one of my therapists, she an older woman with a great personality, and I really enjoyed just talking with her in general, our conversations were interesting and flowed well. But in the end I was paying for a surrogate friend, ya know? I wasn't making any progress with symptoms or QoL. I just really liked that lady, probably would have wanted to hang out with her as friends if she wasn't over twice my age and also my therapist.

So is anyone willing to share how their therapy experiences have been differentfrom this? Like different from just yakking away for an hour with no direction or improvement. What do you actually do in therapy that improves your life?

Trying to figure out if my former therapists were duds, or if therapy just isn't right for me.