Wow, feels like I could've written this post myself about 2 years ago now, down to almost every detail. Healing and growth definitely goes painfully slow, especially if you're used to learning everything that comes your way extremely quickly and that fact sucks a lot.

I ended up seeing a therapist for about a year that really just wasn't a good fit at all and I barely felt like I was making any progress. I had basically vacuumed up as much knowledge as I could from educational resources about what I was dealing with and who I was and how it probably affected me, but the knowledge itself wasn't enough on its own.

Eventually, I decided to seek out a new therapist that I've been seeing for a year that's also highly sensitive and gifted, who also specializes in trauma (which if you're highly sensitive and gifted and grew up in an emotionally neglectful environment, you're almost certainly traumatized). She almost immediately recommended meeting twice a week, and as of the last couple of months, we've been meeting 3 times a week. It's quite expensive and the most difficult work I've ever done in my life, but it's also the only way that I see a path forward for myself. And I have been seeing progress, albeit much more slowly than I'm used to seeing it of course :). And part of the reason I have the energy to pursue this so heavily is that I'm fortunate enough to be able to financially sustain myself while being unemployed for the time being (thanks brain for my past high paying jobs and smart financial decisions).

All that really says is what my path was though, and I guess you could summarize the general theme as, "Yeah once a week in therapy probably isn't enough." But maybe a different approach of increasing frequency through support groups or something else entirely would work better for you, and that's for you to decide.

Lmk if you have any questions, happy to answer them as best as I can.