"Understanding how others do therapy" and "Seeing if my situation is within the norm" describe it perfectly for me. I never really posted threads about my own therapy much and prefer to tell it in response to others, as it relates to others' experiences. I think I also would not mind people telling me how I come across to them from my posts, if something I say sounds BS, defensive, off the mark, whatever. But "Understanding how others do therapy" is pretty much the main reason why I come here, and to share my experience and thoughts as a reflection. Also sometimes when I am feeling too hyper and just want a sort of dumping ground for what's on my mind - this I did in therapy/with therapists as well. As far as responses, I would welcome pretty much anything, but as I said I rarely post for responses here and usually I respond.