[Dos3512]

So now that it appears things have settled out with my depression I'm struggling with where to go in therapy. The one subject I've really needed to work through is the death of my sister and I have tried to approach this subject but every time I wind up severely depressed. So my debate is whether or not to try again or maybe try something else. If I try something else I don't know what that would....mindfulness. That is the other thing I need to work on.

[adel34]

You could just ask your therapist for their oppinion. Tell them that everytime you talk about your sister's death you get really depressed, but you do want to work on it so do they have any thoughts for how to do this safely? Also, maybe working on mindfullness would help you with dealing with the feelings that come up around your sister's death.

[mswinter]

Dos3512, I'm sorry you have lost your sister. I have a sister and cannot image the pain you have, and still are experiencing.

You mentioned mindfulness. I'm a social worker and I never used mindfulness with my clients until I began to train as a sensorimotor psychotherapist and learned about the powerful healing that mindfulness can facilitate. I, myself, am unable to talk about specific things in therapy, and I do know, on an intellectual level, that mindfulness could help me open up.

In sensorimotor psychotherapy, mindfulness is specifically used to help clients talk about things that are too distressing for them and to enable them to re-experience the events, or talk about them, without overwhelming them.

If you think, this is something you might be interested in, feel free to PM and I'll send a link to locate a sensorimotor psychotherapist near you, or to simply learn more about this therapeutic approach (I am not able to post a link here due to not having enough posts yet).

[Dos3512]

Originally Posted by adel34

You could just ask your therapist for their oppinion. Tell them that everytime you talk about your sister's death you get really depressed, but you do want to work on it so do they have any thoughts for how to do this safely? Also, maybe working on mindfullness would help you with dealing with the feelings that come up around your sister's death.

Thanks Adel. I am going to ask my T what she thinks. She probably sees things I havent even thought about. Hopefully she can help me find a path less triggering atleast for now while pdoc is making adjustments still.(he thinks im on too many meds from hospital at end of feb.)

[WikidPissah]

Hey Dos...that is the million dollar question for me. But I am Captain Avoidance...lol. Seriously though, I think coming out of such a deep depression you might want to just get stable before tackling anything earth shattering. Mindfulness and other skills might really help when you eventually do talk about your sisters death.

A very wise PC member always says "it isn't a race"...good advice.

[Dos3512]

Originally Posted by WikidPissah

Hey Dos...that is the million dollar question for me. But I am Captain Avoidance...lol. Seriously though, I think coming out of such a deep depression you might want to just get stable before tackling anything earth shattering. Mindfulness and other skills might really help when you eventually do talk about your sisters death.

A very wise PC member always says "it isn't a race"...good advice.

Thanks WikkidPissah. I have been thinking about doing sister stuff in between changes in the meds but I am thinking twice since reading this. I will just ask t for her ideas first. I need to remember its not a race.