Hey, all. An apology and kinda a goodbye.

[Tobin S.]

3. You should benefit from a good therapist

The issues you are dealing with seem to be less a symptom of your illness and more about your acceptance of being ill. The problems you are experiencing with that are mostly of your own making. A good therapist will help you with that.

I can tell you how great my life is (and it is) even though I have a mental illness, and a severe one at that. I can tell you I've been symptom-free for over ten years. I can tell you that the only people who know about my illness are the people I want to know. But I can't make you believe that stuff can happen to you and maybe I can't even make you believe it happened to me. But I am not a good therapist or a therapist at all.

You're not a monster, Dennis. You're a good person in a tough situation. It's going to be a struggle, maybe the greatest one of your life, but I think you will come out okay.