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Nov 17, 2014 at 11:49 AM
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Does it? Besides making us better at coping with depression, does it actually do something about the depression itself?
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Nov 17, 2014 at 04:33 PM
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To be honest with you I think it has helped me overall in life for sure. A great deal. When it comes to my depression I can't say it has ever really made it better. It has allowed me to cope much better and to deal with life and manage my life in the face of how depression has effected it.
I think it is very worthwhile to go, especially if you have a good therapist you click with. I think a lot depends on what the core causes of your depression are. What do you think your core causes are? __________________ The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
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Nov 17, 2014 at 06:22 PM
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I personally have tried counseling several times and I have found it usually makes things worse. In the past, talking about my problems in therapy usually makes me feel more frustrated and overwhelmed. I begin to get angry at my mom and family and try to set boundaries and things like that. It usually ends up creating more turmoil than fixing it.
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Nov 18, 2014 at 09:23 PM
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Thus far I have not found it very helpful for depression, though I have mostly just had CBT therapy, so could be that is not the right approach in my case.
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Nov 19, 2014 at 06:29 PM
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I think one of the reasons therapy doesn't help me is because i have anxiety and stay busy analyzing my problems, thinking of what caused this and what caused that and wanting to understand why i feel the way i do. So I think in therapy i indulge in analyzing and it makes my anxiety worse. I do however love counseling. There is nothing better than getting to talk about your problems for an hour and try to find the root causes of things! Unfortunately for me, it seems to be counterproductive.
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Nov 23, 2014 at 09:26 PM
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therapy helps me cope better sometimes. It helps me try. It helps most when I have a good therapist. i have a good one now. I feel really grateful and lucky. but the depression is still there. It seems different for everyone. For me, therapy is only part of what I try to manage depression/stress/anxiety/PTSD, etc.
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