A friend of mine is having to deal with a coworker's therapy-induced resurrection of childhood beating (that's about all I know of what happened). He's (the friend's friend) been real tender all summer and fall, especially since his split with the gf. Bawling like a baby, lot of anger, the poor guy is a mess. To my mind, if there ever was a time for a med to help him through this rough patch it would be now but his therapist has thus far declined to prescribe him anything and he himself claims not to want anything like that. So, my friend is left to deal with his tantrums at work; it's a small shop and therefore hard to get away from the guy. Coincidentally, my friend, his friend and I all belong to the same AA group and my friend's friend is actually his sponsor. It's a weird situation no matter how you slice it.

I don't get the need to dredge all of his past up. This is one reason why I probably won't go back for therapy, ever, period, exclamation point. Too many nitwits in the profession. Having said this, I'd be happy to hear an opinion on why it is helpful to "dredge" a person's history if it's not absolutely necessary. Or, if you experienced something like this which WAS helpful. And secondly, if it's absolutely necessary, why in Christ's name can't he at least be given some kind of anti-anxiety med while the T is getting his jollies off?