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Originally Posted by c-bot
You seem to grasp the problem better than anyone else I've talked to. And yeah, it's not psychosis (I'm a 13 year old girl by the way) and compartmentalization sounds more like it. And like you said, my right and left brain seem pretty divided - like they won't occupy the same "space", if you know what I mean, like if you want a Right Side (emotional/creative/artistic/ imaginative) answer to a question that is in a space occupied by Left Side (logical/mathematical/scientific) you just won't get an answer from me, and then I'll start crying. And Left Side seems to be the one that is doing the controlling, and it's very dominant.
I'm seeing 2 psychiatrists right now, 1st one I have been seeing for a couple months, 2nd one only a few weeks. Neither of them have ever mentioned anything about compartmentalization. I was seeing another psychiatrist but she wasn't helpful at all and she thought I was depressed and my crying was because of sadness despite me constantly telling her that it wasn't.
I guess since you have struggled with this problem maybe you could tell me some more about how you got through. Your help is very much appreciated.  |
So I'm really glad you're not psychotic, it's a terrible thing. For me I was psychotic though...so some of the things I did were probably weird and I'm not sure how much you'll be able to relate to. So it was kind of a defense mechanism for me.....all of the voices I was hearing were on the right side which was being suppressed by the left. It was totally a way to protect myself from the voices so I'm not sure why this happened for you. Have you been to a neurologist?
So how I got rid of it was a combination of things. One I had therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy and one of our four treatment goals was to reunite the right and left brains. So we did specific things to do that, one thing I remember was making a list of the things I liked about right brain and left brain...this helped me see I needed both sides. So with that in hand I began to research the difference between the right and left sides of my brain. I ran across and art book called drawing on the right side of the brain. It teaches your right brain to take over when needed so you can draw better. At first I could actually feel my brain switching between right and left when I was drawing. After doing the exercises in the book they were working as a team. It also helped just to acknowledge the importance of right brain. I could make myself smile just by talking about right brain aloud it was weird.
Anyway I used the first edition of the book which you can buy for like a penny used on amazon....Betty Edwards.
It's basically about neuroplasticiticy or changing your brain so it does what you want it to but it was advanced before its time.
I also did the right and left brain puzzles from pocket posh. Try it its a lot cheaper than a shrink!