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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
YES, unfortunately Trace it's hard to find a good therapist and I believe you when you say you feel a lot like you do when you talk to your mother because a therapist can lack the ability to actually help patients the way a patient needs them to. I had experienced that myself, our mental health system in this country is severely lacking so it's not just you that has a hard time finding a decent therapist.
It's good that you are doing the research and in that have gained a lot on your own. I have noticed an improvement in you since you first joined. Maybe you are isolating but you are also making it a point to learn about how you are challenged and have access to this site where others can validate and reassure you. I also think you are using the site in a healthy way where you have a place to write out what you are learning and how what you are learning applies to your own challenges.
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and BTW you have made some positive strides yourself with becoming more educated and very skilled at expressing yourself in writing, in that people understand the feeling in your words. That's a gift. Because writing on some of the topics we discuss is a sensitive matter. The way you word things makes all the difference in the World. You have devoted so much time in this site to help others and there are many grateful people out there, myself included. I know parts have been very hard for you. You were really struggling also when we first met. Glad to see that has happened. I still think you should go to school to become a counselor.