It is definitely hard to trust again after a bad therapy experience but I kind of need myself. I am not willing to just go through the rest of my life with unprocessed grief, trauma, anxiety, depression and crappy coping skills running the show just because I've had some harmful therapists in past and I refuse to seek help again.

Let's say you crave companionship. Would you choose to be celibate forever because your last lover was a jerk who hurt you? Or be alone forever because a friend betrayed you?

I've had all three of those experiences and certainly, they've made me more careful with my heart and my trust than I used to be. But I think in all cases I'd like to be a person who is resilient enough to risk connecting again—maybe more cautiously and thoughtfully this time—even knowing so well now that the possibility of hurt and heartache is inherent in love and trust.