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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal
Thank you QM. I guess I need to just look at it this way - I'm 58 years old now, started therapy (for real, the first 2 attempts didn't count) when I was 49, so it has been deep work - patterns established in early abuse and then entrenched for that many years before starting the work to unravel them are going to take awhile to change, I suppose. I guess I'm just dang tired of being patient with it all.
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I think this is a good way to look at it. That it takes a long time to unlearn unhealthy patterns. I get frustrated with myself some, too, such as, "Why do I still need reassurance about this?"
Also keep in mind that you took some breaks with your T, so it hasn't even been 9 full years of therapy.