I'm quite new to it all, only been with one person (thankfully I seemed to get first time lucky) been at it 10 months or so. I didn't think it would be, but it's been sometimes a hard graft, and a few times I've just wanted to run and hide. Overall though I think it is becoming and will be life changing!
At first my friends pointed out differences in my behaviour although I personally couldn't see any, now as time is going on I've noticed myself the changes, and they are good changes for me. I find myself a lot more open with people, and my generally outlook on people seem to be hanging. I've become more confident in who I am (nowhere near enough yet) and I'm better and looking after myself.
I still think there's a lot for me to learn and new things seem to be cropping up that maybe I was unaware of before or purposely shutting out! I think there is more time ahead things are going to get hard, more times where I'm going to want to run away and more times when I wonder what on earth I am doing, but overall I'm glad I have stuck with it and she has stuck with me as I'm probably not the easiest person she's had to deal with!

I wish you luck :-)