A New Perspective To Think About (February 2012)

The last thing my new therapist said to me as we were wrapping up our first meeting has stuck in my brain, and given me the confirmation I needed to believe she can help me.
  "You were at the hospital the day your nephew was born, correct?"  I nodded.  "When you held that precious baby in your arms for the first time, you were overwhelmed with love for that brand-new creature, I'm sure?"  I nodded again, feeling the tears welling up in my eyes.  "And I can only assume as you looked down at him, you knew the world was at his fingertips, and he deserved only and nothing but the best for his life, and you would do anything in your power to help give that to him."  I nodded yet again, the tears spilling over because I knew what she was going to say next.  "You need to think of yourself as that baby, because you are just as special, you are a lovely young woman with the world at your fingertips and you deserve nothing but the best, just like that baby you love so much.  We are going to fix what is wrong so that you come to believe it."
  Talk about food for thought.  The trick is getting myself to believe it.  I guess that's what the therapy is for.