*Disclaimer, I am not a college educated therapist. I am a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist, supporting interested individuals with their mental health and substance use challenges. Elsewise I learned my lessons the hard way. Here are my opinions, based on my lived life experience. In the end, do what is best for your situation. I believe however that a versioned application of my tools can help, if willing to do the work and build your own path. Yet if things are too painful to continue then STOP, and instead do the work with your therapist.