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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. UBB Code™ Images not permitted. [QUOTE]Originally posted by September: [QB] Welcome to ST, username. I'm glad to hear that you left your abusive relationship and are in a healthy one now. So what you're asking is whether it would be a good idea to have therapy? Ultimately, this is going to have to be your call. Everyone deals with abuse differently and there's no one-size-fits-all healing process that works for all of us. So if you really don't feel that therapy is something you need, then that's what you feel is best for you, and that's all that matters. In general, however, we do advise that abuse survivors seek out counseling, even if it's just for a few sessions. The reason for that is that, even when we can suppress emotions and memories pretty well and feel like they don't affect us, we generally can't push those things aside forever. So, sooner or later we'll likely come to a place where we have to face what happened and work through it. And if and when that time comes, it's a good idea to have someone by your side to walk you through it, and to give you the tools to deal with it. But this also isn't something you need to decide right now, one way or another. Why not give yourself some time to shop around, see what your options are in terms of counseling, and then see if any of that sounds like something you want to try? [/QB][/QUOTE]

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