I’m not a therapy success story, it was only hurtful, so take my experience for what it’s worth.

But I also entered therapy wanting to be a different person with a different life.

After leaving hurtful therapy, I did keep slogging, professionally and artistically, grew by meeting various challenges, and generally realized others have insecurities and a side where they’re “faking it.” Over the years I became less anxious and angry, though still live outside the mainstream.

In my personal experience, therapy wasn’t the answer, but there was still a road. But had therapy been better, I still would have needed to do the same things.