Hello Little Turtle,

This is obviously a longstanding thread with a long history, but I do check on it although you don't know me. You seem so lovely, fragile, and vulnerable. I too find the world frightening, as you say you do.

I just wanted to say in regard to your remarks about what was helpful in therapy, that that was my experience too. Although I'm pretty much "through" with talk therapy now, I saw many different therapists with different combinations of degrees over the years, and the one I finally settled in with, the one who helped me the most, helped because she cared about me. She engaged in a relationship with me, and she showed me in many ways that she cared. No boundaries were ever broken. It took years, but I think that's what finally helped me break through to independence, though I still take medication to keep functioning.

Many blessings to you and all here, on the bus.