[daybydayone]

I am curious about how people have experienced their life after terminating psychotherapy.

I am finding a number of things

1) I feel less confident - about making my own decisions, knowing my own feelings

2) I feel I am living to get through the days rather than living a life I explore and am aware and in control of. As if I don't know myself any longer.

3) I have no idea how to explain to others the significance of the loss of this relationship.

How have other people found terminating? Does this ring any bells?

[Mouse_]

I havent terminated therapy yet, but I already feel MORE confident about my own decisions and know my own feelings a whole lot more...I dont forsee this changing when I eventually terminate.....are you sure you were ready to terminate?

[Perna]

Quitting therapy and terminating are not the same. Did you and your therapist work together to terminate or did you just decide therapy wasn't for you anymore. It took my therapist and me over a year's work before terminating, 9 years of therapy total. Both my therapist and I retired. I got an online therapist to help me for a couple months after termination with the transition (I was also moving from my home of 20 years to a different sort of home over an hour away and retiring from work as well, and went on a major vacation trip to Europe two months later). It's been two and a half years now and I think of my therapist occasionally but don't have any issues anymore.