My goal when I started:
"To shut my husband up about how there is no way I could be alright with all we were going through without support." I guess massive dissociation doesn't count as "alright," so I owe him a, "OK, you were right, honey."

My goal now, both more simple and infinitely more complex: "To know and be all of me without running away."

PS - like your quote, M3. Makes me want to read the books again. If only little elves (ok, kids of friends and family) hadn't "borrowed" them permanently.

To finding value, purpose, and happiness from building open, boundaried and reciprocal relationships with others.

to be content with myself, my life, and my relationships.

My therapy goal? Simple - to not hate myself.

Though it is a simple goal, reaching it is so NOT an easy path

(P.S. All the goals posted so far are quite empowering to read!)

((( R2G ))) ... with you on that one!

To love and believe in myself enough to be able to comfortably and enthusiastically reach for my dreams.

goal - acceptance of myself - warts and all!!! and I wish/hope the same for you all s

Great question.

To discover who I truly am and live that truth with honesty and integrity.

Hello Everyone -

R2G - I totally agree, these are so empowering!

Yaku - Oh, that's so lovely. It's almost exactly the same as mine. And yes, you should re-read all of the books (or start at 4, Goblet, as I do sometimes). I'm glad that your collection has found it's way into someone else's hands, but get yourself a copy! I as at the library today and saw lots of copies (ok, now I sound like a certain Ms. HG).

Catalyst - seriously, that's an amazing sentence, and goal.

Closed - Content. Yes, yes.

R2G - I'm sending you gentle hugs, and putting my hand between your brain and the brick wall.

B2W - LOVE!

Morgs - ACCEPT!

Dragon - PEACE!

AG - Discovery, Truth, Honesty, Integrity!

Blanket - LIVING!

Ah, you guys make me feel inspired.

I think mine, so far, would be:

To create, live in, and act from a wholly integrated place within myself.

Hugs all!

MMM, I went into therapy telling my T that I was a terrible broken person and listing all the ways other people wanted me to be fixed (move on, let the past go, stop questioning things, forgive and forget, help them with their problems but not have any of my own, fix my relationship with my parents so other people wouldn't be affected by it, be more sociable, stop dwelling on stuff, etcetera) and he asked me what MY goal was for therapy.

Honestly, I had no damn idea! Get fixed and get everyone off my back?? He wasn't so keen on that one and asked me to take as much time as I needed to really think about what I wanted to achieve and what "fixed" might feel like for me. It was a painful process, but from there a goal was born.

I'm so glad you asked everyone else the question; it's been great to read through everyone's goals. There are some that really resonate and feel like they could be Goal 2.0 for me if/when I ever get my main one achieved.

landa

To learn (and to let myself) feel what love is. I have been so emotionally shut down for decades that I no longer know what it is to love other people and my children.

I have just learnt what sadness and missing T feels like - so I have started I guess.

To feel worthwhile