My people- just friends and close colleagues I guess, those are the only people I have- they are understanding, some of them are interested in what goes on in session and we converse at length about each others' sessions, others not. Just about every classical musician is in therapy or has been at some point. All my friends are musicians. No one is surprised or unsupportive.

My biological people- I hope this is not triggering. They think I am pathetic and sick. I started needing a pdoc at age 12 and my mother was so embarrassed. Every time she took me to an appointment, she would go on at length about what excuse to use if we ran into anyone we knew. She was terrified her friends and relatives would find out. She kept it a secret from my father and my siblings. She knows I see someone now, and the last we spoke of it, she said she hoped thy would help me "find peace" whatever that means.