Posted by Poet on November 21, 2003, at 9:24:16
In reply to When did therapy become so complicated??? (long), posted by Penny on November 20, 2003, at 14:01:48
Hi Penny,
I'm having a period of regression in therapy: I seem to be going backwards and not making any progess at all. I finally got up the nerve to really open up to her about my fear that if my bulimia stays out of control that she'll abandon me.
She assured me that she won't. We'd work something out that I could see her and an eating disorders specialist. (That would be hard financially unless the specialist is covered by my insurance, my therapist isn't.)
She also mentioned support groups and that scared me. I have social anxiety and all the Paxil in the world wouldn't make me comfortable talking to a bunch of people. I don't know how comfortable you are in a group setting, but that could be why you are reluctant to join the DBT group.
Therapy is complicated, hard and slow. She told me yesterday that I am strong for not giving up even though I've had some major set backs recently.
If you didn't cancel your session, let me know how it went.
Poet
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