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It's hard to be in therapy if you don't know why you are there. For me I started therapy when I hit bottom and was just not functioning--hard to take care of my kids, go to work each day, walk around without crying all the time, etc. I realized I needed help.

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...... I pretty much hit "rock bottom" or it felt that way, when I started therapy. Life was out of control and I did not understand what was happening to me. Maybe I just don't understand therapy. I just know there was a reason I tried therapy.

When I said I am not sure what the purpose of therapy was, I am saying I do not know what purpose was served spending years in therapy. Maybe I just did not "get" it.

One has a toothache and goes to the dentist. The dentist identifies the problem and proceeds to work on the tooth that hurts. All done! One breaks an arm. Doctor x-rays the arm. Sees the bone is broken and puts a cast on the arm and the arm heals. Go to therapy and all one does is talk about a problem. Week in and week out. Some times years and years. For me, it did not help to talk about a problems over and over. I need to "understand" what is happening to me and what I need to do to get well, It does not help me to talk about awful things that happened to me in the past. So I guess I failed therapy or I just don't understand the therapy process. ........