Essential Tolerances For Successful Therapy

[Suzetig]

Allowing myself to be vulnerable has been my biggest obstacle.

This. This one thing causes me more heartache, upset and stress and I keep stalling and revisiting with my therapist.

 

[Lucycat]

I had to force myself to tolerate the distress of

I think this thread should be pinned to the home page.
It is so important to actually engage in the process of therapy rather than be a passive recipient of good advice and take it nowhere. Therapy is not easy, and simply will not achieve anything unless you put in the effort to make it work - even when you feel like it is an impossible task.

 

[Leigh925]

Very profound. I have read this four or five times already! Gives me a lot to think about. Thanks so much for posting!

 

[The Albatross]

I'm with Anthony's no pain, no gain approach. I had to work my ass off to endeavor to consider, then risk for finite times, then normalize. It was painful. But it did work.