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Leed · Sep 18, 2012, 11:07 PM

Hi - you really DO need therapy. And you have to remember that you didn't get this "sick" overnight, so your treatment isn't going to "cure" you overnight either. It is going to take time. We are all very impatient people. We want to get better NOW. But that isn't reality. Reality is that it takes time to work thru our problems. Reality is that it takes time to dig to the bottom of the root of the cause of our depression. We aren't depressed because some girl broke up with us. We aren't depressed because we lost a job, or that the world is in such a terrible state. We're depressed because we had trauma, or abuse, or things such as neglect or the fact that we didn't feel loved by one or both parents. There is a myriad of reasons why we feel depressed and the therapist has to find out what those reasons are. It takes time.

So you must be WILLING to work with the therapist to find out what's going on. I hope you ARE willing! God bless and take care. Hugs, Lee