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I would have been thrown, but I would like to remember in the future that I can control my attitude, and decide what has meaning in my life. I read this probably about 25 years ago in Viktor Frankel's book, "Man's Search for meaning." He was a psychiatrist who was in a concentration camp. He was called to keep individuals who wanted to kill themselves by walking into the electrified fence. He did this by helping other prisoners identify the meaning in their life.
The role of the therapist is to help the person find meaning in their life, accept responsibility for their existence and find values to live by.
This is from an article I found on the internet called "Psychotherapy and Our Search for Meaning," by Brian O'Neill. I don't know how to print the link.
Sounds simple, I think!?!?
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Bipolar disorder with very long depressions and short hypomanic episodes. I initially love the hypomanic episodes until I realize they inevitably led to terrrible depressions. I take paroxetine, lamotrogine and klonopin.
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