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Originally Posted by MobiusPsyche
I went to therapy for years and only focused on managing my symptoms and dealing with crises as they came up. It wasn't until I truly opened up and started this type of relational therapy that I made real progress in improving my depression. It took about 2 years, but after that my depression was so much better that I would say it was almost gone. I had suffered from severe depression for more than 20 years at that point (I held my demanding job, barely, but had no personal life).
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This is what happened to me too! I was actually ready to do the relational work sooner, but I didn't know what I needed or what that looked like until I blundered into it with my current T. The symptoms started to resolve on their own once I could see the roots of everything clearly.
I think LT trying to make Dr. T into the therapist she needs is like a parentified child situation -- she has a sense of what is missing and is trying desperately to create it herself when she probably isn't really in a position to be able to do that.