cathylynn wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
I thought therapy sessions were supposed to make you feel better, not worse
I'm thinking it's about time for me to quit most of this therapy stuff, since so much of it is either stuff I already know or is completely unhelpful.
i remember that some of my therapy that helped felt good and some, by way of bringing up painful memories, hurt and helped. if you're not being helped at all, though, maybe a different therapist?
It's mostly group stuff that's being very unhelpful for me, and it's not just because of addressing issues that are painful. I'm doing an IOP program (essentially group therapy) 3 hours a day 3 times a week, another group therapy session once a week, and I also see two different individual therapists each once a week. It's really the IOP stuff I'm thinking isn't worth it. I've done an IOP program before that covered pretty much the same stuff, I think. I'm planning on sticking with at least one of the individual therapists.
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