Posted by Dinah on September 5, 2004, at 11:54:44
In reply to So let me ask you guys....., posted by Skittles on September 4, 2004, at 23:00:07
I was about to answer this by comparing therapy to any other relationship. Unless I'm lucky enough to die first, there's no relationship on earth that will last forever. I've lost friends and family. I become deeply attached to my dogs, and my dogs are destined to share only a relatively brief part of my life with me. So if I went through life afraid to choose intimacy because of the pain of loss, I'd be awfully lonely.
But then I realized that this couldn't have been addressed to me because I'm not planning to terminate. Ever. I'm planning to decrease frequency. But my therapist is comfortable being an ongoing part of my life, whether it's five times a week or once a year, whatever's best for me. Until life takes him away, which is no different than life taking any other person away.
Still, I think I'd have to say I'd do it all over again. I have gained so much through therapy, just as I have gained so much through Babble. I'm glad I'm not now who I was before.
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