I am changing - I think

[Maria Jansson]

Hi, first - I am very greatful to have found this page and to be able to share your stories. I myself faced reality last year - in my therapy (psychodynamic) - when realising how I step aside from reality at times, into bubbles of a more pleasant world where I come out as the person I wish I was and with abilities I rarely show in real life.

Gradually I understood how avoiding reality had had negative consequences for my life. And how my time, my life was occupied with dreams instead of living.

I still cant always separate what is my daydream and what is my wish. I do believe there is some form of depression/apathia mixed up with old habits from kids age, when dreaming away was a way of coping with difficult relations.

Therapy made me realise and the insight helps me start changing. I think it is important to forgive yourself for having started and continued daydreaming. I think it will turn out well. Gradually.

[Ryan Avicenna]

Can you explain what kind of therapy you are undergoing?

[Maria Jansson]

Usual psychodynamic therapy (meaning not CBT, not IPT)

Psychodynamic therapy aims at gainging a deeper understanding of yourself and thus being able to change. Honestly I dont know really how you spell it in English. You could say psycho analyses is the ligther form of psychoanalyses, but I am not (yet...) in psychoanalysis.