“I am the worst. The things I fear about myself and secretly hope aren't true, are true. Today my therapist said 'it can be frustrating when things are slow, when there's no progress.'

So he thinks I have made no progress. I think he's frustrated at my 'slow progress'. I'm more frustrated that it feels like I'm constantly expected to make progress, be someone, do something...why is what I am already not enough? Why are all the things I have been through and overcome not enough? Why am I not already a unique flower? Maybe I'm a flower he doesn't recognise. I don't see him for 2 weeks now so there's **** all I can do about it.”

In my opinion, what you are experiencing is often overlooked as a type of healing. This is just the natural ebb and flow of being human and living life. Things have a way of coming together and then falling apart over and over again throughout life. The cycle of “come together...fall apart...come together...fall apart” keeps repeating itself. Therein lies the healing and the beauty...when we can make room (or create the space) for all of our emotions...when we can sit with all of our emotions and just be ourselves.

Therapists have a fantastic opportunity to join in with every one of us as we create that space for healing.