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Old Feb 10, 2006, 03:51 PM
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It went OK I think. It was the first part of an assessment, which was in itself really detailed (and I have at least two more assessment sessions to go). We spent most of the session talking about my family and background, which of course was quite difficult in a way, though in another I felt very removed from it all. He had a couple of questionnaires for me to fill out there, and a couple more (both very long) which he gave me as "homework". One interesting thing was that the first questionnaire I did (based on Beck's depression index) he said showed that I was still severely depressed. As I have been feeling better I think I had lost sight of where I am on an "absolute" scale, as opposed to a relative scale. I am much better than I was a couple of months ago, but I am clearly not "better" yet, and this made me realise that perhaps I need to lower my expectations of myself - I'm expecting myself to function as if I were fully fit, and beating myself up when I "fail", but if I am not fully fit then I shouldn't be beating myself up so much or expecting to do it all just yet.
Thanks to those of you who were thinking positive thoughts for me.