I haven't done therapy for many years, but when I did I tried to have specific goals like working through a particular problem and learning new ways to cope. But I think it really helps to have a comprehensive goal and when I started lithium long ago I decided that all I wanted was to stay out of hospital and that was achieved. Everything else falls under things I can deal with but not trying for too much is good for me.

Geez, tats, I hear you. I have gone into my "new" therapist's office and set "goals", haha - I told her I wanted to learn to Like myself.

"Mrs Vague". That covers a LOT of issues - more than I ever thought. And my therapist is NOT going to have a clue how to help me if I don't learn to be more specific.

I can "be" more specific because the lithium helps slow my mind down and I can Think about issues now. But it's going to be a loooooong process.

I hope I can keep a good therapist, and maybe learn stuff. But I am learning a whole bunch of stuff on my own right now. It's just not fast enough to satisfy me.

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I would be totally lost without my therapist, she gets it all, my anger, fustration, tears....you name it. She is my safe place to vent, pour out all my failures and where I go to pick myself back up again and find ways to get it right! It started out slow and it worked up to total trust. I told her one day, I don't why I'm so tired when I leave here, I just want to go home and take a nap! She said it's because I'm working at gettting the most out of therapy and that meant I was doing it right. That therapy is hard work and you get out of it what you put in it. I wish you success in finding someone you can form that bond with it has made all the difference in my world!

I also would be totally lost without my therapist. I'm one of those people who can put on that "happy face" even when I'm feeling the worst I can feel. But my therapist has a way of getting beyond that and finding the things that could help me. I am learning a lot. It takes some time to get a good relationship going. One thing that helped in my case is letting my therapist know that even though I present well, I am a crumbling mass of jello on the inside.

Oh, is That why I'm so tired...I had 3 days of shock therapy!

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That's exactly what I am.....wayyyy to vague. See I couldn't even think of the damn word on my own!!

Maybe I will let the therapist know this time around that I do put on face, even though I feel like I am falling apart on the inside. I like that Cammie.

And perhaps I should try lithium again, so I can get this racy brain of mine to slow down enough to gather my thoughts! lol

I feel so dense though. Word loss something horrible!

Thats part of the reason I posted because I struggle so hard to find the right word to express myself...... I need an interpreter!!

When you are at home have a piece of paper out and every time you have a trigger write it down. Then whenyou go to the tdoc you have something to start with