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Default Jun 23, 2021 at 10:38 PM
 
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Originally Posted by FluffyDinosaur View Post
Thank you for asking! The ECT helped tremendously, I'm so happy I did it. I believe the bipolar "component" of the depression is now mostly over. However, during this episode, a lot of things happened that triggered traumatic memories and emotions for me, which I now need to work through in therapy. I expect that will take a lot of time. But thanks to the ECT, at least I am now in a position to recognize those issues for what they are and work on resolving them. And those emotions don't feel like depression, they are actual emotions like sadness and grief, which, weird as it may sound, I'd much rather feel than be depressed.

Your intuition about benefiting from ECT paid off. I am so glad! Sadness and grief, while hardly fun, are at least feelings you can work on. Clinical depression...trying to "fix" it with therapy only is akin to beating your head against a wall.

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