I'm Not One of Those People

There is a stigma surrounding therapy. The general thought is, if you have to go to therapy you have issues.

Uh, yes. That is why we go to therapy.

The reality of choosing to start therapy sessions is very scary. It was scary for me. It was scary through the point of my first session being over. I was fearful before and during my session. I was afraid that my problems weren't big enough or that they were bigger than I thought they were. I was afraid to know what I have been suppressing and keeping from myself in order to "keep it together."

What came out of my first session with is much more valuable to me and makes a bigger impression on my well-being than being afraid.

It is ok to not be ok.

I don't have to be a superhero. I don't have to have it all together, all of the time.

I was also afraid to tell people that I was starting therapy. I didn't want them to think I was weak or delicate. I didn't want people in my life who I value to think of my sessions as a scene from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

I often feel as though I have to carry my baggage with me. I can't unload for a second and allow myself rest. That simply is not true. If I sit myself down and rest, that gives others around me the opportunity to do the same.

So by starting this process of self care; by going to therapy, I give others in my life permission and hopefully inspire others to do the same. Lighten your load because you're just as crazy as I am.

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