Mental health update! TW: anxiety, depression, self-discovery, therapy, etc Hi, so wanted to share an update! :) I’ve been seeing a therapist now for about 3-4 months. Honestly, I feel so great now. Thank you to everyone who suggested and pushed me toward talk therapy. Now, I feel I’m out of the anxiety and depression phase that I was in. I feel so much brighter and happier and more productive. Honestly, there’s been such a shift, and I’m so thankful 😭❤️ I’m worried I’ll fall back into a cycle, though. Like eventually, I’ll get back to right where I was, so I’ve decided to continue therapy because I don’t want to continue that pattern. I was completely honest with her, so we basically agreed to work on my personal growth. I’ve had issues/a past with people pleasing and being a pushover. Last week, we tried to find the “root,” so I talked A LOT about my past. This week, I had questions on my identity, so we discussed how to proceed forward now. I worry I may not have anything to talk to her about. Like, she answered all of my questions about myself and showed me how to move forward. I don’t feel lost at the moment (my session was about 3 hours ago though, just thought it was important context). Like, I still feel like I want to continue but she instructed me how to move forward this week. I mean, I guess next week’s topic could be about my progress from this week? Idk… I just worry that since there’s nothing “wrong” with me anymore, maybe I don’t need talk therapy but I really enjoy it and want to continue talking about myself and how to grow. Any advice on this? I would greatly appreciate it! TYIA!!

One thing I like to do with my therapist is identify my "homework"/task/goal at the end of each session. That way I know what to work on between now and my next session and at the following session I give her an update on my progress and how that task went. Remember that changing your patterns and behavior requires practice and consistency, just because you have the "answers" now doesn't mean you'll be able to perfectly put them into practice right away. So that's my suggestion, is to come up with a little assignment together at the end of each session so you have something to work on (could be as simple as "practice saying "no" to someone/something that you don't want to do")

@aurielle thank you so much! Honestly, that helped so much. I knew I wanted to continue with the sessions, but I felt lost. Thank you for your perspective!