The idea that therapy can become an addiction is something some of those guys seem to think about:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...omes-addiction

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/18/w...ittle-way.html

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Yes it's definitely possible. Addiction is not limited to drugs. Anything that makes you feel better can be addictive.

Hug's Rainbow i know for me I have been in therapy for a very long time and i see no end in sight. Im ok with that. It puzzles me your t would bring up addiction to therapy right now with what your going through psychially. I would deffintly bring it up to her next week. Hugs

My T frequently says “Everyone is an addict,” so she’s big on that.

The therapists have weird ways to fix us, so I suggest you to listen to her... :/ that's good for us.

I think I have been "addicted" to people before, although not to the extreme. For me I think I was having a lot of internal pain, anxiety, loneliness, and this person/people could provide me with something like feeling happy/secure, etc, but it was brief and didn't come from within me. I realized after moving away from some of these people, that it was a bit of a crutch for me, and that I wasn't really addressing the fact that deep down I was depressed. In a way, I think this resulted in giving over my power over my own life a little bit. Getting away from this was very painful, and resulted in a bit of a breakdown because I suddenly had to just sit with these terrible moods and really face them. This spurred me into finally getting into treatment and seeing a psychiatrist, though.

On a positive note, all of those relationships are so much healthier now and I don't feel as dependent on them to make me feel happy or secure. I am not sure that was the best way for your T to bring it up, but it definitely is something that I am not surprised your T would want to address, because otherwise you might remain stuck and not progress in therapy. There is no reason to feel bad, though, it probably means you just have some things that need working out in therapy.

maybe she just used that word because it suggests that you feel that you can't function without therapy - just as conventional addicts can't function with their substance/addictive behaviour.

There's an odd goofball arrogance to therapy. My T says variously I am important to you right now and this work we do together is essential - that kind of stuff. These might be true, but it is really strange to say it.

Is it weird that I'm imagining him swinging a pendulum in front of your eyes like a cartoon hypnotist while he says that?