Unorthodox Therapy

I don’t care if she’s not a doctor. She’s done for me what a dozen therapists with very respectable credentials and stratospheric fees couldn’t. Hers might seem like unorthodox therapy to most people, but it works. And every night, when I go to sleep without the help of any medication, I feel grateful toward her.

I should have started by saying that I am a man with severe anxiety issues. And the problem with anxiety is that it grows like weed. Then, one day you realize that you can barely work, communicate. In a word, you realize that you can barely live and you’re taking a dozen of pills and medications every day.

I was desperate. So, I got to the point where I was willing to try anything. And then I discovered Dr. Sue. She warned me from the beginning that hers was no conventional therapy, especially as we moved forward. And she was right.

The first couple of months it was like any other therapy. I told her my life story and we focused on the issues which were the most troublesome. Then, one day, she told me that we were about to begin the real therapy”. She had asked me to eat lightly and wear comfortable clothes. I had no idea why she had asked me such a thing, but I obeyed. Then, she took me to a room next to her consulting room, and she pulled out some ropes from a drawer.

She tied me up. And while she did it, she explained to me that each rope was an issue that was restraining me, making my life miserable. When I was completely tied, she told me that it reflected the way I live: uncomfortable, surrounded by limitations. Then, she asked me to say if I wanted to be free. I said “yes” immediately, but she asked to say it harder. As I spoke louder, I realized just how restrained I was. And, for the first time, a true desire for freedom sparkled within me. 

For each rope, we spoke about an issue. And it was not until I told her how I was going to beat that specific issue that she pulled away that rope. We repeated that ritual with all the other ropes and, by the end, I felt a mix of emotions. I had to cry on her shoulder. But once the overwhelming emotion left, I was more determined than ever to regain a truly satisfactory life.

It might not be the kind of therapy you’re used to, but this bondage therapy works. Believe me.

That’s my unorthodox therapy.