Hello to all-
This is my first time here and I am here because I need to express the feelings that i am going through and hopefully someone out there can relate.
I am 25 and have been suffering from depression off and on for the last 8 years. I have been diagnosed with dysthymia, as well as borderline personality disorder (mild) and have some self-injury tendencies. For the past 3 years I have been seeing a therapist who I have become attatched to. A year ago I was doing well and felt it was time to end my visits. Well, a few weeks ago the depression started creeping back and I have seem him 3 times in the last few weeks and I'm worried about how dependent I feel on him. Is this part of borderline personality disorder? I know I put him in a father-figure role. I think about him frequently and I feel so frustrated by all of these emotions that I feel. For almost a year everything was good and I was managing okay and now I feel as though I have taken a major step back. My therapist attributes this to my being under a lot of stress and possibly a touch of seasonal affective disorder.
Thanks for letting me share this!