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Old Mar 25, 2016, 06:32 PM
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If you have had what you consider progress - is it concrete or more ethereal?
I have been with this therapist for about 7 months, and i've seen some concrete progress. I was sliding way downhill in depression, and she helped me see that (because i am stubborn and don't like to believe i am depressed, even now), and suggested medication for me. I've been on meds before to little avail, and I am still pretty ambivalent about it, but she swears that a few weeks after i started meds, I improved.

She also encouraged me to start a hobby that i had been wanting to do for years, and the funny thing was she brought this hobby up on her own as something she thought i might like, and i was all like HOW DID YOU KNOW!? haha. It took a couple of months, but i did begin it, and so far, so good. That has helped in that i am less isolated, meeting new people and getting exercise. All good for depression.

Other than that, nothing much. Part of it is I don't have any concrete goals I want to meet. I am not sure what I want in my life, and waver back and forth with "I am fine, everything is ok, why am i even here?!!?" to "This is hard, i need help," but i easily forget the latter.