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Originally Posted by keeprolling
It really depends on the psychiatrist and what you take away from each session. For me, I consider myself lucky because Zoloft really helped me move to a less depressed state but I use my therapist as mainly as an anchor because she's seen where I have been and where I want to be and has given me techniques on how to get there. Now, I don't follow a lot of her advice but for me it's really about being able to talk to someone about all my experiences without judgement and to get positive feedback from it.
I probably wouldn't be here today without my psychiatrist though because I really needed the medication boost upwards to at least have a more playing field (I'm in college too and boy is it rough trying to juggle all of it). I was also sleeping 21 hours a day and barely functioning so ya know there is that too. (Also, your psychiatrist sounds really harsh and I probably would have stopped seeing them really fast).
But yes, my approach to therapy is more like, what are you hoping to get out of it? Because I find therapy more like a tutor in the aspects that they'll give you techniques and explain things out to you but they can't make you understand it for yourself. There are also a lot of self help books for depression if you're considering other options but sometimes forcing yourself to read them can become difficult.
Chemicals on the other hand are a lot more of a try-and-try-again but I can say that my medication really helped me.
Best of luck!
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Thanks for sharing
It's true that seeing a psychologist is like having a tutor give you advice. The only problem is that sometimes I find it almost impossible to follow their advice. For example my most recent psychologist has been trying to root out the source of my anxiety/depression and has been giving tips on how to cope and change for the better. She told me to stand up more for myself and express myself more honestly in my family. However, in my family if I go against or disagree with my parents, there's an 80% chance that an argument will occur which involves lots of yelling, angry faces and hurtful comments. I think I'd much rather lose some freedom of expression at home if it maintains the peace... Well, I'm actually contradicting myself because I've already promised my parents to do as the doctors say... Argh... :S
But my parents got pretty upset when I told them that my psychologist says that I should live like a cat and try not to feel so obligated to my parents... so I guess there's that too xS
I apologise for the long rant... I just felt so frustrated with myself haha. But seriously, thanks for sharing. I'm still going through self-help books but haven't found one that really helped.
I'm glad you managed to get better though! Cheers to you