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therapy
has anyone here gone to a therapist/psychiatrist?
I'm seriously thinking about looking in to it, and perhaps going. I'm not expecting to be "fixed" necessarily. Or even improve over night. But I have a lot of things I want to try and work on and/or get worked out in my head and I am pretty sure I may need a professional for it. If you have gone; did you find it helpful? any tips on finding a good therapist to go to? Also, I hear from people sometimes that just finding a good "ear" to talk to will help but I am a little beyond that point. A professional I think is the level I need to seek. |
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Re: therapy
If you do, you and your therapist should decide how many sessions before you're done. That helps you both focus on the work rather
than just letting it go on and on. Also, commit to really doing the work. If it's cognitive therapy you have to be incredibly diligent to get any good out of it. It's really hard if you're not a disciplined person, and pretty useless.
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I have. Finding a good therapist is hard. The only good one I found moved away. The others I have seen were really bad at hiding the fact that they weren't intersted in helping me as much as hearing themselves talk or getting me to come for more appointments.
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I'll just respectfully disagree with that too. I don't take a large dose but mine have definitely helped me.
Seriously, if you're born with an imbalance what's wrong with correcting that medically? In my opinion it isn't that different from any other medical problem, people who have diabetes have to take insulin to function normally, my brain isn't balanced right so I take something to help it.
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Re: therapy
I've been more than a few times with varied results....but I am a BSW so my opinion is pretty biased....in my youth I went for bereavement counseling for about a year, once a week to help cope with the loss of a parent...very beneficial, helped me transition through the grief and loss...the second time I went for marriage counseling after things had dissolved beyond reconciliation and I had an extremely contentious and negative experience which I found to be completely ineffective and only served to foster a poisoned environment….bad stuff….I can still get wildly angry about that lady…the counselor not my ex….and about 3 years ago I wanted change in my life so I persued a open cousel particularly with regards to substance abuse…and eventually it took…I thought I was gonna be a hop head for life but my man worked it out with me through the use of cognitive and recognition/avoidance schemes…again, I benefit from having access to private confidential counsel through my employee benefit package and as well as from sister or partner agencies in the community whom we exchange services with por gratis…
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I used to see a therapist 3-4 years ago. Would really like to go back to her again, but now she is seeing my sister. Shit.
Just remember it's important to "shop around" for the right one. |
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There was a good thread about this a couple of weeks ago.
This was my bit (I have had a personal "shrink" before): Quote:
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analrapist!
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Re: therapy
I appreciate the insights.
I've been trying to handle things on my own and it's just starting to turn in to just in my head to things I say/how I react to things/behaivor in general. All of which is bordering on not being healthy for me or anyone around me. So therapy is definitely something I feel I need to try. Also it sounds like cognitive therapy will not at all work for me. I'm not at all a disciplined person. I also like the idea of deciding a number of sessions. Even if I go beyond that, to at least establish it with the person instead of possibly running in to those like hp was mentioning. thanks again, all. |
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p.s. if the rapist does anal I'm totally not going to therapy
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Good luck, I hope it works out for you.
And if you do snap and go crazy remember to come here and post nude pics! kthxbye
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no - thats a river in egypt (be dum dum - i'm here all week!)
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personally, it didn't do much for me. time and moving on did. but it's worth a try.
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I disagree with Padster on this one. I think if you can find a good one, therapist can do a lot for you.
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Yes i went for physical therapy last year due to my old back pain i did not give proper attention i though will be fine automatically but day by day it became worst so my doctor suggest me about physical therapy so i visit them and after some sessions of therapies i really felt the difference.......
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I've been to therapy, and I have a psychatrist (Whom I love very much) my therapist didnt turn out as good as I wanted, but I found a new place (Thanks to one of the BBMB members helped me find it actually) and i'm excited, therapy is good if you can find a therapist you can connect with and can tell them everything truly and not tell them what they wanna hear.
Good luck
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Oswaldo joins a message board and bumps 4 threads with the word "therapy" so he can talk about his bad back.
awesome. |
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To find a therapist is hard to find there are lots but few are professionals.. i hope this will help...thanks
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is you a robot?
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tpk, I'd say just go for it. It's good to have a yarn with someone, and in this instance they're paid to listen.
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Lots of people here seem to seek out professional help, I didn't realise therapy was such a widespread thing.
I partially agree with Padster on this one - I was made to speak with a counsellor after a guy I knew attempted to rape me. I just didn't engage with her, I resented being made to talk about "why I was here". I guess I veiwed the whole excercise as pointless. Other people making a bigger deal of it than me, I can't say that the incident caused me much of a problem because I feel I answered my own questions about it and moved on. Relying on myself to work through life's problems - loss, grief, disfunctional relationships, destructive thinking/behaviour, anxiety and (for me) to a lesser extent addiction, has made me stronger and more capable than if I had sought help from a third party. That's not to say that there is no place for therapy - obviously for some people it is beneficial and indeed necessary. |
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It's always good to get somebody to check your approach, russhie. Once in a while.
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Old thread bump! Funny.
I never ended up going to therapy. I tried to give it a bit more time. Getting rid of toxic friends and putting a pause on speaking to my family at the time (who were acting toxic then) helped a lot. Luckily I also met some new friends that helped restore my overall well being. Hooray. |
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I keep an open mind about it - maybe one day I'll come across a problem my little brain isn't capable of handling. Hope all is well-er with you :-) |
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