[ozzy1313]

I have recently started therapy again and I never seem to have much to talk about. If I am in a good mood then there is never anything to say. Except for my own mental illnesses I think I had a pretty good life- nothing too major ever happened to me.

In college after my bulimia returned I did an intensive outpatient cognitive therapy program and that seems to have been the onkly therapy that helped.

I start talk therapy every few years and quit after a few months. Just seems too much work to go,too personal, and seems to make things worse. I would rather just stew in my own thoughts.

My office does have a dbt group at night, but I work nights. Plus, even though I know it works, the exercises just seem so lame to me right now. I have a workbook and it just seems like a joke. Maybe I am just in a very negative therapy kind of mood.

[Sprite22]

Talk therapy helped me...don't give up on it. If you can go, I surely would!

[~Christina]

Therapy often gets to be too much and hard to handle...It is usually when your touching on something that you keep hidden or just dont want to talk about.

If Therapy is " easy or simple" then its not being done right.

[Trippin2.0]

I don't have therapy in order to blab away about how crappy my life is or to discuss how horrid my childhood may have been (idk, don't really remember it) such talks are just a waste of my time.


I have a therapist to help me reach a specific goal, a specific target.


His job is to help minimize the impact of my disorders on my loved ones.


So its kind of like I'm doing a course, which to me feels like im doing something productive wrt my BP and BPD.


I'm not into any of that cry on this stranger's shoulder shyt, I have friends for that.

[lilypup]

I agree with Christina...it's not being done right. Without knowing the situation, your therapist sounds a tiny bit lazy. He/she should be leading you along to issues that will help you grow. If there isn't anything like that, you'd be one special and unusual person.

[Victoria'smom]

During episode it's Crisis mood. How to bring me back to reality. During the less intense times it's repairing, prevention, and planing. Addressing thoughts that are still destorted, addressing issues that flared during episode and every day things. Therapy is more of an hour long assessment of my episode when in one but actual therapy when out of episode. I would talk to your therapist to see if s/he can change there approach when out of episode. You may need a different therapist. You're going once a week right?

[ozzy1313]

Originally Posted by lilypup

I agree with Christina...it's not being done right. Without knowing the situation, your therapist sounds a tiny bit lazy. He/she should be leading you along to issues that will help you grow. If there isn't anything like that, you'd be one special and unusual person.

I actually think this is one of the best I've seen so far. I should add that I have only seen her 3 times so we are still in the figuring me/her out stage.

I had tears welling up in my eyes during most of yesterdays session, but I didn't shed any- I can't even allow myself to cry in front of anyone. I have a lot to work on.

[Curious651]

If done well, t should be challenging, educating, directive, and work. If it is like talking to friend or someone, not real therapy. I had several t's like that and it was waste of my time. T should be touching on issues as stated above and you should not always feel good when leaving. What approach does your t use? I seem to do better with eclectic instead of DBT, DBT, gestalt, systems, or existential. To straight or direct and I become bored, disgruntled or plaing angry. I like when the t can move with me and adjust like my moods adjust. Wish you the best and will be thinking about ya.