Oh I am so hoping a 13 yrs. to a lifetime of therapy is not my situation. I think 3.5 years is bad enough. Of course when I started I thought it was all about finding dad after his suicide. Only one thing to get help with, that shouldn't take that long. Right? But then all this other stuff came up and no matter how hard I tried to stuff it back in the drawer it was impossible to get them to a place where they were they were not haunting me.
Being kind of new to therapy, it's hard to grasp the concepts sometimes. Plus I get into things pretty far before I realize a T is not working for me. I guess that comes with the experience. Some T's even make it worse. I'm trying to get the Psychiatrist off my list but to do that I will have to stop taking the meds and that will take some tapering off to do.
I will be glad when I get to the same level as you. Glad you got there.