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Originally Posted by Bipolarchic14
I live in New England. It is cold and snowy. I am just curled up in a ball under a thick comforter waiting for warmer weather.. That’s how I’m dealing with it. I would say I’m coping poorly as I am frozen physically and mentally.. For those of you in/ or have been in mental health counseling, how did it negatively or positively impact you?
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That's a big question. Rather than write a very long response, I'll just pick one for both negative and positive.
Negative: Some therapists seemed to show anger towards me because of my hypomanic/manic or mixed state behavior. That serves no good purpose and often felt like they were punishing me. What a horrible approach they had!
Positive: I try did eventually learn helpful coping skills/tools. Obviously some were not my style, but others were. There's nothing wrong with rejecting ones that don't feel doable.
New Question: What coping skill/took have you not liked or found helpful?