A depression sufferer needs all their resources to struggle back to normality …
- depression is a lonely place
- anxiety is a stressful state
- both are very tiring & debilitating & isolating
- I was fighting for my future
- but had to tackle the past properly first
- I needed to understand why I lost my teaching career
- I needed to achieve teaching career closure
- preparation for each session was very challenging
- at times I had to dig very deep to recover or face the next session
- completing every single session was exhausting but empowering
- I couldn’t change the past but I could change the present & look to the future
- x17 year timeline was a jigsaw puzzle of my life
- in depth focus & separation of each key issue was crucial
- order of x20 sessions was very important & discussed with psychiatrist
- tough fortnightly cycle of prepare/Barbara session/process/recover/repeat
- I never cancelled a single session … although sometimes I wanted to !
- was challenging, cathartic & ultimately worth it