Why did you seek therapy?

As I have mentioned before at PC, I go because of my suicide attempt in April 2015. I didn't start until October because I was so messed up physically from what I had done. Everyone wanted me to go. I was such a "novice." Thought that if I "bared my soul" I would be fixed. It really doesn't work that way. After listening to my own boring "dribble", it became painfully obvious to me that I am seriously immature. Though I did reveal a few traumatic (very minor compared to childhood abuse) events that were causing me more anxiety than I realized, so it was useful to talk about them. I recently decided to quit talking about so many embarrassing things! What a relief that is. My therapist has me schedule a monthly appointment but says it's OK to cancel if I don't need her. It's embarrassing, but sometimes I still need to go. When you talk about your anxieties, it puts them into perspective. If I didn't go to therapy, I would have to take more medications. I think that therapy is a lot better for you than higher medication dosages.

Addiction, anxiety, general curiosity and self-improvement.

The first was because all of the memories of childhood abuse from a family member decided I could no longer bury them. I went for a few months as I was in college and the school stopped funding the program.

About 18 years later I stayed because after my mom died 5 years later I still was trying to cope with the grief. Plus I had three young children two wirh ADHD. I thought I was a screw up as a mom. My pcp suggested therapy but I refused. Then my friend who was trying to help me through everything suggested therapy as she knew how much pain I was in. I been seeing her for 9 years. .of course we have dealt with way more than i originally started for.

I wasn't sure how to do "life" anymore.

The first time I went to therapy I was referred by a psychiatrist for depression and anxiety.

The second time was far depression again.

The third time was for dealing with stress.

I've been in therapy most of my life since age 32 until age 63.

My freshman year of college, I noticed myself seriously contemplating suicide. I knew that that meant that something was wrong in my head, so I started therapy.

I sought out a therapist after having my first ever panic attack. I didn't understand what was happening at the time. I first "saw" an online therapist who did therapy via online chat. That gave me the confidence to go and see someone in person.

After my Mom died, my best friend noticed I was depressed and suggested I see someone. It was a long time before I had the courage to go though I had wanted to talk about my problems for years.

Both times, it was therapy or suicide. I chose therapy. Today, I feel I made the right choice. Tomorrow, however, I'll likely feel differently. I hope therapy will eventually help me exit this CPTSD emotional rollercoaster.

The first time that I sought out therapy was to deal with my ex-husband and getting divorced and saw that therapist for 20 years! We were down to just 1x a month for a long time and now that I'm having therapy every other week, I realize that those appointments were more about checking in than actual therapy. My Long Term T retired a couple of years ago which is when I found my current T and that was basically when I was in the middle of a horrible break up. I survived that and now we basically talk about new relationships, dating, work, family etc....

I have anxiety and depression but talk more about that to my P-doc who I see quarterly.

Distress and difficult feelings in dealing with infertility were what made me seek therapy in the first place, but so many other issues have emerged in the dialogue since I started almost a year ago. I kinda wish things had stayed with the original issue, because now I feel overwhelmed. It almost feels like everything I've discovered would have best been left buried.

I thought I could find a reason to live.

long term anorexia amd trauma

I wanted to be a normal person.