It’s scary to be healed to a point of being content. It almost feels unbelievable, so what validation! I called an old therapist once and said what do I do now?! She said just go live. What a simple revolutionary act 💕
I broke up with two therapists - once out of respect to her craft (her journey with me was over, she had been amazing and had given me all the tools she could) and once out of the respect for myself. Sometimes you just don’t click and hitting send on the break-up email feels more meaningful than any future sessions…
i love that "or is that a third session thing" thought you brought up. in the end, it is a relationship. the comparison to the whole "we made it to third base" is funny and scary and charming.
I am starting therapy for the first time ever tomorrow. I have been going through weird health stuff too, and I realized I actually need help with my anxiety and working through uncertainty. I am really excited though bc out of all the health things I have gone through, I feel like this is something I have control over and isn't as uncertain.
I was talking about it with my friend, who is also a therapist, and told me she is about to break up with her personal therapist. She said her therapist has missed sessions, does sessions while driving, and has done session while at the gym (?)- so you are not alone in that regard.
It’s so hard to truly be yourself cause of self doubt. Always trying to think about how your words are going to come across, paraphrasing your comments just so it could come across as okay. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this thread because you’ve changed how I’ll be viewing my actions from now on “regardless of others , I am doing this for myself” . Thank you for sharing this post , I’m so proud of you 👏🏽👏🏽
“There were details about my life she couldn’t remember, and times when I could hear her doing errands after running late to our call”. at this point w my better help therapist (tbh she’s been like this from the start) and realised the amount of stifled rage it’s causing is so counterproductive! thank you for sharing🩶🩶
It’s scary to be healed to a point of being content. It almost feels unbelievable, so what validation! I called an old therapist once and said what do I do now?! She said just go live. What a simple revolutionary act 💕
Wow that hit me like a ton of bricks 😮🥲 live!
I broke up with two therapists - once out of respect to her craft (her journey with me was over, she had been amazing and had given me all the tools she could) and once out of the respect for myself. Sometimes you just don’t click and hitting send on the break-up email feels more meaningful than any future sessions…
good luck on your therapist-free future!
So true and thank you!
this piece healed something in me that i didn’t realize needed healing 💓
🫶🏼🫶🏼 same!
i love that "or is that a third session thing" thought you brought up. in the end, it is a relationship. the comparison to the whole "we made it to third base" is funny and scary and charming.
I am starting therapy for the first time ever tomorrow. I have been going through weird health stuff too, and I realized I actually need help with my anxiety and working through uncertainty. I am really excited though bc out of all the health things I have gone through, I feel like this is something I have control over and isn't as uncertain.
I was talking about it with my friend, who is also a therapist, and told me she is about to break up with her personal therapist. She said her therapist has missed sessions, does sessions while driving, and has done session while at the gym (?)- so you are not alone in that regard.
It’s so hard to truly be yourself cause of self doubt. Always trying to think about how your words are going to come across, paraphrasing your comments just so it could come across as okay. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this thread because you’ve changed how I’ll be viewing my actions from now on “regardless of others , I am doing this for myself” . Thank you for sharing this post , I’m so proud of you 👏🏽👏🏽
“There were details about my life she couldn’t remember, and times when I could hear her doing errands after running late to our call”. at this point w my better help therapist (tbh she’s been like this from the start) and realised the amount of stifled rage it’s causing is so counterproductive! thank you for sharing🩶🩶
Absolutely the stifled rage! It made me feel I couldn’t trust her