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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
Does anyone here *not* have a therapist?
I feel like quitting therapy. I don't think it helps me much.
I will openly admit that I am part of the problem: I don't adequately prepare for my sessions, and sometimes I'm just too uncomfortable to talk about certain topics.
The other problem is that I don't think I have "enough" personal issues to warrant therapy anymore. I mean, therapy helped me at first because it allowed me to develop tools and techniques for coping with my BP symptoms, but I feel as though most of my issues have already been addressed. I don't know if that makes any sense.
I know that some people find therapy useful, but everyone is different, and I don't find it useful anymore. So, I'm just wondering about your experiences.
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I know this will be long so I apologize in advance but NO I don't have a therapist and I will tell you why. A long time ago I went to a marriage councilor. She was a Christian which was cool with me since I am too.
Well soon everything in the marriage was my fault, never my husbands and I think that she had the hots for my husband. If you knew why we went to see her in the first place you would think this was insane as I did.
Anyway she recommended a deliverance be done on me. I didn't know what that was so I agreed. I googled it when I got home and basically she wanted to do an exorcism on me. I got very pissed that I wasted that much money on her and never went back. I mean I am not perfect but I don't think I am infested with demons. Strike One
The second one I went to see was right after I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was upset over the diagnoses and having my first psychotic manic episode. The first thing he did was start grilling me over my childhood. I mean I knew the guy for 5 whole minutes and he was way up into things I don't want to talk about.
I basically wont talk about my childhood because if I start thinking about that stuff it gets stuck in my head AGAIN and I cant get it out for weeks. All I really wanted to was to deal with the bipolar dx but NO he was all about my childhood. I left in tears and never went back. Strike Two.
I just don't see what my childhood has to do with anything and why he wanted to drag that stuff out and get me so upset. Therapy from what I have seen just isn't helpful to me. If I thought they had some good advice or something maybe I would go but so far it has been more hurtful to me than helpful.