Iīm incurable of everything that goes into my mental illness, the issues I know about and have been diagnosed with are depression and anxiety. I have a bad self image, very low faith in myself, bits of perfectionism, there are a lot of issues that donīt fall under any specific diagnoses but they are still there.
In total, all this makes me unemployed, lonely, feeling hopeless and I went to therapy to deal with all this, to be able to do something in my life but no, nothing ever changes. Thatīs why I see myself as incurable.
I have had the depression diagnosis for about two years now but I have feeling down longer than that.
I havenīt experienced any trauma like the ones you describe, Iīm not in therapy specifically for childhood problems.
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Originally Posted by monalisasmile
Incurable of what? Have you been diagnosed with depression? Have you thought about why you got depression now or have you had it forever? I believe that most depression is situational, has anything changed since you developed your depression? I am guessing you have explored all of this with your therapist. I really think that with the right help and support everyone can get better and eventually support themselves to try something new in their lives.
Something you said reminded me about something I read about clients who have had severe trauma in their lives. They fear feeling good and getting better because that feeling is unfamiliar and at times dangerous especially if your parents were the cause of your fear as a child, say they put you down and ridiculed you for doing well. Knocked you down a peg or two. These clients stay flat, disconnected and numbed. It feels dangerous for them to enter into therapy and to be seen. Dr janina fisher said all of this in her seminar healing therapeutic Rifts
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