Well, I survived the first session and cried just once. Pretty good for me.

[Warpy]

16. Therapy is tough work

There will be times you think it's all going fine and then something will throw you for a loop and you'll fell like you're back at square 1. Hang in there, it can improve your life greatly even if you can't see that at first.

While anxiety and depression are largely chemical problems, you don't particularly want to be dependent on drugs to cope, if you can help it. Therapy, when you get into it and if this guy is good, will teach you coping skills to cut down or maybe avoid medication entirely. We're in the infancy of understanding a lot about brain chemistry, so even cutting down is a great thing.

That first step is the hardest one to take (I've broken a hip, so I know about that). You did it, congratulations!