Posted by Dinah on February 26, 2003, at 5:45:59
In reply to trapped in therapy, posted by likelife on February 26, 2003, at 0:15:44
On occasion.
I know what I do without therapy, which is to move away from my feelings and function on autopilot. When my therapist is away and I get upset, I take a nap and live through life in a robotic fog until he returns. But it's not a bad feeling. Therapy gives me a chance to dwell on how I'm feeling and sometimes I wonder if that's a bad thing. Perhaps life was meant to be lived on a more superficial, and safer, level.
Have you made a checklist of the pros and cons and really considered them? Gone over your confusion with your therapist? Ironically, that's just the sort of thing they're good for.
What would life without therapy look like? Are you bored or dissatisfied with your sessions?
Maybe you've gotten all you can from this therapist and if you find you need a therapist you should try elsewhere.
These are all questions I have asked myself, especially when I'm feeling good.
When in crisis of course, I just cling to the next session like a dying man to a rope. And realize that my therapist is one of my supports for when I'm feeling pretty unstable.
Full circle. It is a hard question to decide. The books make it seem so easy. You get better and are better able to cope, you don't need the therapy sessions anymore, and there is a mutual decision to end therapy. Darn books. They set unreasonable standards.
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