Demons?

"Whenever I try and banish my demons, I risk losing my angels" Sheldon B. Kopp

I came across this quote whilst reading my journals that really meant a lot to me. In therapy, I spent a lot of the time trying to "sort out my problems". However, I soon came to the conclusion that therapy wouldn't "cure" me, and that my bad experiences perhaps gave me special insight into life that those who hadn't seen bad times would never fully have.