All Things Natasha : How Seeing a Therapist Changed my Life ❤

Hi Everyone ❤

Hope you're well and are having a good weekend!

I feel like the past few months especially I have been feeling on top of the world, I genuinely feel so happy and at the moment nothing can get in the way of that. From previous posts you will know I have struggled with anxiety and some really low times in the past few years which have been so hard. It's not easy to talk to friends and family about how you feel because they have a certain perspective on your life. This being why I decided to see a therapist. In total I have seen 2 different types. The first was a CBT trained therapist which for me didn't seem like it was for me. I did the 6 sessions they recommend to see if it's right for you but it wasn't working so I decided to see a psychotherapist instead which was the right move for me in the end.

(If you want a more in depth story of my anxiety etc, all the post are linked in at the bottom of my Mental Health Awareness post which is linked here)

If you're like me I was so worried about going like "what are they going to ask" or "what if I don't know what to say" believe me it's not like the movies where you lie on a chair with them having a clipboard taking notes in some sort of office. It's so chilled and more like you're chatting to a friend. The lady I saw did it from home so we sat in her living room with a hot drink chatting it was really nice.

The first session was like a "Get to know me" session where I just had a chat about me and what I struggle with. From that each session just flows and I did have small targets to hit each session. It was weekly at first but then went to fortnightly so there was time between each session to focus on the points from the previous session.

One of the main things I will always take away from my therapist is "Do what YOU want to do and make YOU happy first" I had never put myself first and instead of saying no and that's it, I'd say no and feel horrendous about letting someone down...... WHY?

For me one of the worst things someone said to me was "Yeah but if you don't do it how will you get better and socialise with us" Saying something like that is so ignorant, I can understand that if you have never had it, you don't know how I'm feeling but saying something like that will just make me feel worse about myself and makes me question myself even more.

I have finally got to the point where I can let things go and be happy. I need to do things at my own pace and if that takes me years then so be it, as long as I'm happy with what I'm doing that's all that counts. I have found by doing this it has made me want to say YES to things. I feel amazing, I feel so much happier.

If you are feeling the same way I did please have a look at what help is out there, you don't have to commit to anything but personally for me it has changed my life.

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Thank you for reading.

Natasha x