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1. How long have you been in therapy?

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With my current T, I have been in therapy for 2 years and 9 months.

However, I have been in therapy on and off since I was 17. It was mostly with one therapist and then a psychologist who I only saw for a short while before I moved to Philly.

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2. What are your main symptoms, the reasons you went into therapy?

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There are many reasons, but the main symptom that was distressing me at the time I went into therapy with my current T was anxiety of a very catastrophic nature. For example, if my husband was due home from work and I was home first, I would be waiting by the window, already working myself into a panic. If he was 3 minutes late, I was listening to the traffic report, shaking, convinced that he was dead.

Other issues are depression, mood cycling, cutting, other destructive behaviors, etc. However, this was not made known to him right away. He realy didn't know what he was in for.

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3. What do you think are the origins of your symptoms?

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My mother. Isn't that always the answer? Everything is connected to everything so I really couldn't pinpoint the origins of everything.

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4. How successful has your therapy been?

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My T just called. I was yelling at him and crying over the phone. You tell me.