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Originally Posted by Berries
I respectfully disagree, Pegasus for me, anyway.
One of my illnesses is biochemical--bipolar disorder. The question for me is not--"what are you depressed about?" or “What are so manic about?”--it is "what triggered your depressive episode?" or "what triggered your manic episode?"
There is a big difference, in my opinion.
My other illness is OCD and in my case it was triggered by emotional trauma but it still a neurological disorder. It is a glitch in my brain.
"talk" Psychotherapy helps me cope with the bipolar episodes by identifying triggers, and to keep me from self harm. It is not to cure me. That will never happen.
And my OCD is not helped with "talk" psychotherapy. It is only helped by CBT, specifically ERT (exposure response therapy)
I can be helped, not cured. I have lots and lots of stuff going for me. But I still have an illness.
I've been in therapy for 25 years and I am still not cured.
(this is my experience, don't know about anyone else)
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I didn't say anything about
curing depression.
Umm... CBT and ERT
IS psychotherapy.
I said, ' Learning to understand depression is hard and coping with it too is a challenge but it is possible to make changes.'
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