Posted by antigua3 on February 23, 2009, at 9:22:09
In reply to Feeling better = quitting therapy., posted by workinprogress on February 21, 2009, at 23:52:35
There IS light at the end of the tunnel. I can see it, now, and while that doesn't mean I'm finished, I can see it.
But... I am going through an especially tough time right now, and I'm kind of surprised that it would be so ugly, but that's the way it goes. You have to go through these times to get there. I hate it that I think I'm getting close to being finished, and then something horrible crops up that makes me doubt and question therapy, but I will admit that although things may be at almost their worst right now, I have better coping strategies to handle what's going on. I also have the faith that I will get through this time.
I can't shake the belief, though, that it is time for me to stop, but I've learned along this really tough path that when I feel this way, it's even more important to keep going. But yes, I do think, and more often now, that enough may be enough, that I just need to accept and learn to live with where I am, that this may be the best I can be w/therapy and the rest will have to be me on my own. But my Ts don't agree, yet, but I do see the light. It's just that I'm stuck in that tunnel, wanting so desperately to get through it, but even uglier things keep popping up.
So I certainly sympathize w/your position. But I would like to lend you a suppportive hand and let you know that I do believe there is hope that all of us can reach that light.
antigua
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