How Not to Sabotage Your Own Therapy

Sabotaging therapy isn't about laziness or weak will. It's a way of protecting yourself from pain that once helped you survive. When the work gets close to something important, the old defense switches on automatically: you want to skip the session, forget the appointment, announce that everything is fine as it is.

Noticing this in yourself is already half the battle. The other half is saying it out loud.

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