[bitomato]

When I initially sought help, I had gotten to this place where I knew I wasn't functioning and things couldn't stay the way that they were. You can fake to a point, but the one person you ain't foolin' is yourself. I suffer from hallucinations- auditory and visual- when I am under severe stress. I don't like it. But I don't worry because I understand what is happening now. I take steps to deal with it like not drive so much or reduce my workload.

Your mental health is like a lump of thread in your head that is all untangled and knotted up. The therapist becomes your partner in slowly untangling the mess, and wrapping it up into a more functional, happier ball that you can do more things with. (Terrible analogy but hope you get what I mean). It is a slow, long process, but you are worth it.