Chapter 27 - nora stopped therapy and i mistook progress for danger
At fourteen, Nora told Dr. Meyers:
“I think I’m done.”
I panicked.
Naturally.
Dr. Meyers did not.
Nora’s anxiety had improved.
She used coping tools.
She slept.
School was stable.
She could recognize hypervigilance without obeying it every time.
Therapy had become maintenance.
Nora wanted a break.
I asked:
“What if something happens?”
Nora stared.
“Then I go back.”
Reasonable.
Still terrifying.
I had begun treating therapy as another security camera.
If somebody professional kept watching Nora, perhaps danger could not sneak up.
Dr. Meyers said:
“Treatment should not become surveillance either.”
I hated everybody educated.
Nora ended regular sessions.
No dramatic graduation.
No certificate.
She kept the number.
Six months later she emailed Dr. Meyers once after a difficult grief anniversary.
One appointment.
Then stopped again.
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That taught me something.
Help could be available without becoming an identity.
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