Therapy helps me but I could survive without it. Ive gone stretches without it and have been fine.

I do recognize that I have some issues I need to work on right now though, which is why I am in therapy. I have also been told that therapy will probably be life long for me because of the severity of my issues. I dont know if this is true, right now... I would say therapy is a need because I am still fairly vulnerable after a recent screw up, but I do think that should I need to go without therapy I very well could. But it would probably be kind of difficult.

So I guess- I like the safety blanket that therapy is for me in some ways. Thinking about it, should I have an attack of very severe symptoms and be OUT of therapy... then my options for how to handle that would be much more limited than they are now. Not that I generally reach out anyways when I *need* to- but Ive realized with how bad things can get with me- the option is something that is valuable. Id rather reach out to someone I trust and who knows my situation than call a hotline or go to the emergency room. And thats one reason why its important for me to be connected to therapteutic resources long term I suppose.

Anyways. Therapy is a choice. At the end of the day that is it. Every person has the right to that choice of whether to go or not. That choice is yours