This week we’re sharing another post by Jessie+Luke‘s oldest daughter Isabella.
Hi it is Isabella again! Today I want to talk about my experience with therapy. I started going to see a therapist after my mom got sick and it helps me a lot. Sometimes I do not want to talk to my parents about my feelings because I do not want to add to their stress. It hurts a lot when you have a sick mom or dad. I could not do anything to help make her better. I sat and watched her getting sicker from chemotherapy and I did not understand why the medicines made her sick when it was supposed to make her better. I watched my dad get sadder every day because of it. I thought she was going to leave me and I cried whenever I was alone in my room. My dad cried a lot too and that made it even harder for me to think that she was going to get better.
My dad put me in therapy to help me deal with all of my sad feelings. I did not think that talking to a stranger would help me feel better. I did not think she could understand my feelings because her mom was not sick. None of my friends had sick parents. Nobody knew how I felt and that was hard. My therapist is really nice and since we moved here I talk to her on Skype. Even though she has never had my experience she understood why I was so sad and scared. I can tell her anything in the world happy or sad. She put me in a support group with other kids whose parents had cancer. Some of the parents died and we were all very sad and scared we would be next. It was nice to have other kids who understood exactly how I felt. I still went to see my therapist and we talked about my support group and a lot of other things. She helped me find things that helped me to distract myself from thinking about it constantly. I began writing stories and created my own characters. I was a superhero who could beat cancer. I turned it into a comic book and mom and dad were always excited to read my new chapters. It was based on my mom and when she had more tests coming I wrote them in with a happy ending. My dad said it made all of us feel better because we could read it and know what the doctor would say next.
My mom does not have cancer now but I am always scared that it will come back. I like having someone that I can tell my feelings and secrets to and know they are safe. I was scared people would make fun of me for going to therapy but they did not do that. My friends have been very supportive. I would tell anyone who is struggling with their feelings to try therapy. It is hard to be sad all of the time and you do not want to feel that way. Do not be scared to get therapy if you need it.
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