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Originally Posted by mcl6136
Sometimes I wonder: if therapy works the first time...and the second time...maybe you're tapped out, or have the skills to help yourself?
I would need an increasingly great therapist the older, saner, wiser...I get.
Maybe that's why I feel that I have "worn out" therapy...or perhaps I'm so bad I'm beyond help this time!  |
The way I view therapy is if you
feel that you are not benefiting from it, then there is no point, and it would be ultimately a retrograde step and self defeating to continue. But, and it's a huge "but", if there is no positive affect to be gained from the therapeutic process until many months or even years down the line, then quitting therapy prematurely would be equally self defeating, as you just haven't given it enough time.
I'm still not sure if I would have benefited by having hung in there for at least a few more months. In the end I pulled out and embarked upon an independent DIY approach to treating my depression, and it worked. But that doesn't mean that the same approach will work for everyone.
Different strokes for different folks, and no doubt the old aphorism "everything in moderation" may also be applicable to therapy.