I used to do that many years ago. Give my power away. But then I tended to do that with all health professional...doctors dentists, etc. it's especially difficult with Ts and pdoc because as you said, we are told by society that we are not thinking "right". We "need" someone to tell us how to think.

Now that I'm a cranky crone in my sixties I view them quite differently. I now view them as my employees. I have hired them to provide me with a service. No different than a plumber who comes to my house to fix a leaky pipe. They are at my service for me to bounce ideas off of, to voice my fears and whatever seems to be bugging me now matter how wierd or trivial it feels. I engage them as a reality check. However at the end of the day I reserve final say in what tools and takeaways I want to use.

I have left pdoc for no other reason then I simply don't like them. I know everyone does not have the freedom to doctor hop and that makes me sad. But just like leaving a job I never leave a doctor until i have an appointment with another pdoc. That way I don't reach that horrifying place where I have no meds and it's weeks or months away from my next appt. for me that's self distructive and I try not to do that to myself.