1. How long have you been in therapy?
Four years with current T. Two years with previous T. I only left my previous T because I moved and I'm never leaving my current T.

2. What are your main symptoms, the reasons you went into therapy?
The symptoms and reasons could overwhelm me. I'll stick to the diagnosis: BPII with lots of suicidal ideation

3. What do you think are the origins of your symptoms?
faulty wiring? faulty family? faulty society?

4. How successful has your therapy been?
I'd say it's been terribly successful--and I mean that in all senses of the words. Sometimes it's terrible, but overall therapy has been successful. There has been nothing linear about it and it is far from over. Successful often just means that I now have a better understanding of why I feel terrible or why I've acted to hurt myself. Successful sometimes means that I feel sad instead of numb. I can now acknowledge that I have needs and desires--even what I too quickly dismiss as kid-like desires to be cared for. Successful means that deep down I have some hope for me, even if in any given moment or day I don't feel very hopeful.