[sailorboy]

How do you know it's time for your therapy to end?

If you ask me I would say I would go as long as my insurance keeps paying for it. I don't think I should just take ADs without therapy for a bunch of reasons.

Lately my therapy relationship has gotten SO intense. All the boundaries are in place. I'm fine. I don't need any more than 50 minutes a week.

But I want it forever and ever.

T has brought up what will I do when it's over or how would I feel if some outside force ends the relationship. T thinks that we could have an irrevocable rupture. I just think we can go on forever. Is there something wrong with that?

My symptoms are totally managed right now. I have a career, a family, a home. I just also need my t. Is that okay?

[CantExplain]

One way it can end (not the best way but probably not the worst) is that your real-life relationships have improved to the point where you can no longer tolerate the limitations of the therapeutic relationship. That's what happened to me.

[HazelGirl]

There's nothing wrong with needing your T. You are still benefitting from the relationship, it sounds like. So as long as you feel it's worth it, I would say there's no reason to quit.

[Victoria'smom]

For me as long as I'm on medication I will be in therapy. As long as therapy is helpful I see no issue with continuing.

[sailorboy]

Originally Posted by CantExplain

One way it can end (not the best way but probably not the worst) is that your real-life relationships have improved to the point where you can no longer tolerate the limitations of the therapeutic relationship. That's what happened to me.

Can you explain how this happened?

[CantExplain]

It's a sad story. I guess I realised that she was never going to give me what I wanted and what she was willing to give wasn't enough.

Too many ruptures and not enough reasons to go back.