I guess my lessons weren't about therapy itself, but more about myself.

It's okay and necessary to advocate for myself.

It's okay to put myself first at times.

I am not broken.

I'm not powerless. I have choices. I make them all the time. The question is whether I am making healthy, rational choices or if I am making reactive, emotional choices. It is within my power to decide which kind of choices I make.

(Yeah . . . that last one! Important for me.)