There are also Cognitive Therapy books that one can purchase that are a lot less expensive than a Cognitive Therapist.... I'm sure if you did some research you could possibly either find some on this board or google them...

That said....exercising helps me sometimes...but sometimes nothing does...lately I have been trying the positive thought, positive action thing in the Self Esteem thread....basically trying to focus my mind on love and happiness and behaviors that contribute to love and happiness... It may sound hokie, but it is a form of cognitive therapy, changing your thoughts, changing your actions, to change your life... Honestly, for the last couple of days it has been helping me to cope with my life and actually to see things from a different perspective...for once in a very long time I have hope...

Listen, this is an illness and we don't have a lot of control over a lot of things....however...our thoughts with time we can control....let's all start there...

TJ