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Originally Posted by comrademoomoo
This is not a universal experience. For some people, disengaging from therapy and paid-for relationships after painful experiences in those relationships is the safe and wise thing to do. Therapy is not an objective good. A person's willingness and ability to re-engage with therapy will depend on so many aspects of life (socio-economic factors, attachment style, trauma history, cultural or attitudinal atmosphere, access to services, etc) that I don't think it is reasonable to strongly encourage others to take the path which has suited you and your personal circumstances.
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I don't dispute any of that. I'm aware that some people have had painful experiences in therapy. I'm certainly not claiming that my experience is shared by everyone. I was just sharing it with East and operating under the assumption that it may encourage her IF she decides she wants to seek out another T, which it sounded to me like she was considering. Note that I used the words 'can' and not 'will' - she can go onto develop deeper attachments etc, not that she WILL, but it is possible. I I don't think anyone is going to feel forced into doing something they don't want to do just from reading a stranger's experience on an internet forum and therefore it was not unreasonable of me to share a personal experience in the hope it might help.