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In reply to the discussion: Well, I survived the first session and cried just once. Pretty good for me. [View all]Beastly Boy
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What I wanted to say was that we all face our demons. Obviously, some demons are harder to deal with than others, and I had no intention to belittle yours.
What I wanted to say, and what your therapist said in different words, was that the hardships you are enduring don't make you dysfunctional, and they don't define you as an individual. As long as you are high functioning, it gives you the means to deal with both the anxiety and the depression. If this weren't the case, 99% of people I know wouldn't be able to cope.
I read your later post about getting the first good night's sleep in a long time right after the session. This tells me that you haven't changed (there was not enough time for that), but your outlook has. Same person, different perspective. It's a wonderful thing. Small things like that can be truly liberating. My sincere wish is that you hang on to them.
Again, my apologies for the awkward phrasing.
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