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Dec 22, 2016, 12:46 PM
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Just curious as to how long you've been in therapy and what you've learned about yourself?
I've been in therapy on and off for 7 or so years. Been attending regulary since 2013. I've learned to open up and deal with my feelings. For the longest time I ignored and drank my feelings so I didn't have to deal with it. Now I feel a bit more comfortable talking....though it's still hard at times.
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#2
Dec 22, 2016, 09:24 PM
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9 years, and that I have a serious mental illness despite being high functioning.
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Dec 23, 2016, 12:08 AM
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3 years this time around. 2-1/2 years with current therapist. What I have learned about myself is I'm not the
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Dec 23, 2016, 02:10 AM
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I've learned that therapists cannot be trusted.
I've learned that my "friends" can be bought and bribed to turn against me. I've learned that there are more rotten people in my circle then I ever imagined. I've learned that those I had respect for didn't deserve my respect. I've learned that it's best to LIE and lie about the lie, and lie about the lie I lied about. Thanks to my therapist for those life lessons. |
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Dec 23, 2016, 09:10 AM
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About 8 1/2 years. I have learned that I way over analyze things. By doing so I think the best and worst of things. So I talk myself into a corner. I have learned that family does not have to be related by blood. Just because everybody around me thinks I am strong but I hurt and don't feel strong it didn't mean I am weak.
These are just few things.
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Dec 23, 2016, 09:55 AM
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Since 1989, with the same T. I had a 15 month break that was mutually agreed upon.
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Dec 23, 2016, 11:37 AM
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A little over 5 years with current t. I have learned an incredible amount of stuff about myself that started with learning just how much I'd been hiding from me going waaay back. Too much to try to type. It's been quite a journey thus far.
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Dec 24, 2016, 01:05 AM
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8.5 years.
I learned that feelings aren't always true. Just because I feel hurt doesn't mean that the person said something hurtful. Just because I feel depressed doesn't mean my life is hopeless. Checking the facts on what's really true helps me get some distance from the bipolar feelings that cause me unecessary suffering.
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Dx: Bipolar II, ultra rapid cycling but meds help with the severity of cycling. Rx: lamictal, seroquel, lithium |
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Dec 24, 2016, 02:20 AM
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5 yrs.
Nothing about myself really. I have learned a bit about therapists by comparing two of them.
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Dec 24, 2016, 02:28 AM
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I think the word 'learned' threw me.
I've been in Therapy with current T 13+yrs and is not that I've learned, it's that I've become conscious of unconscious material and then I've understood more. |
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