The Savage Gentleman (A Series of Savage Gentleman Book 1) by Christopher Harlan

Author:Christopher Harlan [Harlan, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Mila

I’m sick of therapy.

I know I should be thankful to have such a good psychologist in my life as Dr. Chase has been to me, but I’m honestly sick of going. I feel like therapy should be something finite—a tool you use to get better and then you’re done. I don’t want to be one of those people who get stuck in some doctor’s office year after year, complaining about their lives and looking for answers from the other side of the table. I want to find my own answers, and I feel like I’m finally getting there.

Dr. Chase has been a godsend, really. My family helped me find one of the best trauma psychologists in New York because I was in no position to do research when I first got out of the hospital. I’m lucky that I come from a well-educated family because they knew that my mind would still be screwed up long after my body healed, and they were right. I had all the symptoms of PTSD—anxiety attacks, changes in personality, I was quick to anger, and scared for no reason. Luckily, Dr. Chase works primarily with battered women and combat vets—people who, frankly, have gone through worse than I did, so he knew how to help me.

After our early afternoon session, I decide to meet up with Sophie and Holly for a later lunch. They both work close to my doctor’s office in the city, and I thought what better way to kill an hour than with my best friends—and this time I have some things I want them to hear about. We meet at a local café.

“Hey girl!”

Sophie is so loud, but I love her for it. “Hey. Thanks for meeting me.”

“Anything to get out of the office,” Holly says.

“Gee, thanks. And here I thought you’d want to spend some time with me.”

“We do. Don’t listen to this skank.” Holly gives Sophie the middle finger, and we all laugh.

“So?” she asks. “How was your session?”

“It was good, I guess. I mean, as good as therapy gets, if ‘good’ is a thing when it comes to dealing with your issues.”

“There are bad therapy sessions, believe me.”

Sophie knows of what she speaks. She’s the fun loving one of the bunch—always silly, and always up for a good time, but she experienced some real trauma herself when she was younger, and she’s worked her ass off to get to the level of stability she’s at now.

“Yeah,” I say. “I know. I’ve had a few, but nothing crazy. Today was good. We started talking about an exit strategy.”

“From therapy?” Holly asks.

I nod. “Yeah. It’s been almost a year of sessions. At first it was three or four times a week, now it’s down to one. I feel like eventually we should hit zero. Maybe I’m just being impatient, but I feel like I’m getting past the point where I need to see someone.”

“How are your symptoms?”

Sophie can go from silly to serious really fast, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up.

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