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Amongst other things:
I keep a journal that is mostly, although not exclusively, about therapy.
I try to conjure up my therapist between sessions, remind myself that he is 'there' and of the moments when I have felt good in different ways while in session. Sometimes I try to figure out what he would say in a given situation, even have 'conversations' with him.
Work: I work in a 'helping profession' which gives me a great deal of satisfaction. I often work with very ill people -both physically and mentally and people struggling with very challenging social issues- and this sometimes helps me keep in perspective my own challenges; there are always others 'worse off' (though you can't compare suffering, of course). It helps me to climb out of myself and into the shoes of others.
I also take medications, pretty hefty ones, which help me to gain what I need out of therapy and also not to dive into unbearable abysses and fly into out-of control/destructive and sometimes psychotic manias (usually).
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