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It's easy for others to tell you that your seeing a therapist is no business of anyone else's, but the fact remains that you did tell a friend and she's going to bug you about it. I'd reply that you have some serious issues that will take longer to resolve.
And when she then advocates CBT...
My body is so screwed up from illness that I don't think anyone would want any of my organs. However, I hope by the time I die that somebody has begun to study the brains of people who were physically abused as children to see if there are significant physiological changes. I was hit in the...
Lots of good advice above.
A couple things I'd like to add or refine:
Sometime between attacks ask your friend how she feels about being hugged by you during an attack. For me, there's nothing better than to be hugged by a male teddy bear-ish friend - but not so tightly that I can't get out...