This was an amazing journal entry for me to read at this particular time of my life.
You wrote a description for therapy that I relate to very strongly. I've had some bad therapy experiences in my youth, and when I had to go back to therapy, I adopted a mindset that accepted therapy in a similar way you described. I got a lot more out of it this time around.
However, in my situation, therapy by and large has been a crutch, rather than a support. I'd go into it, but I have to get off the computer and into the real world.
And I'd never heard of Bloomsday before, but last month I read a few passages of Ulysses and was inspired. Next year I'm bound to do something special for this day. Perhaps I'll even be in Ireland?
My life is stuck in a bigass circle/holding pattern waiting for external events to come to completion. I have some control but usually when I try to excercise it it only makes things worse and since my normal inclination is to not do anything it works out Not sayin' its a GOOD work out but works out it does.
I didn't realize that that is what therapy is really about. I thought I was suppose to absorb all her great advice but she keeps fucking asking me what *I* think I should do. What? I have been in therapy for 20 years now. The years I was on meds though, those years of therapy did NOT work. I have got more out of the last 3 year while not on meds then all the other years when I was on meds. I just couldn't concentrate or absorb anything real on the SSRI's, they are poisen to me.
Yeah. I've found that my therapist had been a boon to me also. She recently went on pregnancy leave, and saying goodbye was sad but it did give me pause to examine all the things she taught me. I won't go into it, but my time with her was priceless and I realize it. As for continuing therapy... life is a continuous journey and why not have someone there who can help you through it at any stage? I'll probably be enjoying therapy for the rest of my life.
That was a really great entry to read; although I have never seen a therapist I've gone through some rough periods in my own life (I think we all have) and have had some people in my life who were very patient and were able to help me help myself. I always figure that the least I can do is try to be that person for someone else as well; it was one of the reasons that I first decided to go into teaching (albeit, that might have been a misstep, but thats besides the point). I really happy to hear that you are doing much better for yourself! Congratulations!
Not sayin' its a GOOD work out but works out it does. 
You wrote a description for therapy that I relate to very strongly. I've had some bad therapy experiences in my youth, and when I had to go back to therapy, I adopted a mindset that accepted therapy in a similar way you described. I got a lot more out of it this time around.
However, in my situation, therapy by and large has been a crutch, rather than a support. I'd go into it, but I have to get off the computer and into the real world.
And I'd never heard of Bloomsday before, but last month I read a few passages of Ulysses and was inspired. Next year I'm bound to do something special for this day. Perhaps I'll even be in Ireland?