I am not defending Anthony but I have to say he did the right thing based on my feelings about the subject. I don’t have the guts to do what he did, even though I felt it needed to be done. He warned her about the suicide feelings and how things would get worse before better.

I had a similar thing happen to me when I started healing. I had a friend who once was a psychiatrist, but had to quit do to his disability. He did the same thing to me that Anthony did to Cyper, but he was 10 times harsher. He first warned me that I would get worse before I got better and I would hit rock bottom. But in the long run I would be healthier.

He used the same methods Anthony uses here. I did hit rock bottom, but I’m much healthier now and I thank him on a regular basis for helping me to heal quicker. He tells me it was my own doing that healed me, because I was brave enough to stick with it. Every time I would back slide he would tell me off and never beat around the bush with sugar coating my need to be stuck in the symptoms of PTSD.

Without his help in pushing me I probably would still be struggling just as much as I was when I first met him. People tried to warn me not to listen to him but I felt that his approach was right FOR ME so I stuck it out. I have seen MANY therapists throughout my life and I never stuck it out with any of them except one. There is a reason why I would not stay with therapists, and that is because they didn’t challenge me.

If a person is not ready to heal or not being challenged they will leave and come back when they are ready.

I understand spirits concerns because I worry about hurting people by telling them the truth. But I also feel through my own experience that tough love is the best way (For Me) and that is why I didn’t leave the forum the first time I had a confrontation with some one. This work only makes a person stronger and able to stand their ground in life.

These are my opinions based on my own experience.

Peace
Tammy