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krazibean said:
She says i need to adjust my meds and get outside support because right now i'm not getting enough from her.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">krazibean, that is similar (except for the meds part) to what my first T said when I first began to see her. I was very depressed, scraping bottom, and not functioning well. I had never been to a therapist before and my idea of it was that I would go to therapy and she would help me. End of story. She said that was not how it worked. She said she only saw me for one hour a week so she could not be my only support. She said I needed to cultivate an outside support network of friends and family and not be so reluctant to ask these people for help or to lean on them when times get tough. So I began trying to build an outside support system. It wasn't easy, and my outside supports are probably not that great compared to many other people, but I have really improved in this area. And my T was very right, she cannot do it all, I need to help myself and let others help me too. I don't see this T anymore, but this was such an important thing I learned from her.