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Originally Posted by Calilady
I think I'm getting to the same place. I just don't know what it's doing for me anymore. I haven't had a panic attack in over a month (Knocks on wood)...while my therapists pushed meds on me, but I refused and decided to do work on myself and I'm the one who had a breakthrough, all on my own.
I just don't know anymore. I'm having no insights or breakthroughs through therapy. I'm a bit confused what I'm getting out of it anymore.
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The whole "insight" flash thing was pointless for me. I can ruminate on mean mommy, childhood isolation and unfairness ad nauseam, but that never translates to being effective in the world. I had to prove my own competence to myself through my accomplishments, not by a paid actor's paid flattery.
Now in my mid-60s I'm far less anxious, far less passive and deferential than when I was younger. (Several women have told that that at about age 50 they became much less slave to other's opinions.) I still have my limitations certainly. But therapists never offered the slightest assistance for my deficiencies anyway.