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.....from therapy and what type of therapy did you do?
I've always been the curious type and keen to learn new things. Most of us have been or are still in therapy of some kind or other and I'm interested to know what type of therapy you guys did/do, what have you learned from it and most importantly...do you think it helped you.
For me.....I did intensive DBT mainly for the BPD side of the house as that's what I have the most problems with.
What did I learn? It gave me a great insight into why people behave and react to certain situations, how the human mind works and also about the differences in mindset between the male and female.
Do I think it helped? For me....immensely, but it's an ongoing thing and I still use my DBT skills manual and I'm still learning new stuff as I go along.
How about you? What can you share?
I've always been the curious type and keen to learn new things. Most of us have been or are still in therapy of some kind or other and I'm interested to know what type of therapy you guys did/do, what have you learned from it and most importantly...do you think it helped you.
For me.....I did intensive DBT mainly for the BPD side of the house as that's what I have the most problems with.
What did I learn? It gave me a great insight into why people behave and react to certain situations, how the human mind works and also about the differences in mindset between the male and female.
Do I think it helped? For me....immensely, but it's an ongoing thing and I still use my DBT skills manual and I'm still learning new stuff as I go along.
How about you? What can you share?
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I figured why go back into the past when I can look forward instead and do something else.
The 1st type was rehashing the past with the idea that depression would vanish once I came to terms with things that happened in early childhood on up. It was very beneficial... definately the most hardest type of therapy as rehashing the past makes you almost relive it. Cycle up, wha la... all better?
Nope. Time passes, cycle down.
The 2nd type of therapy was deep philosophical discussions that had me wondering what the price of beans in Nebraska had to do with my depression. It slowly came together over a couple years... this type of therapy is based on the idea of helping the depressed person build self esteem and find a sense of purpose for their life. Yes, this was also very beneficial. Cycle up and wha laa, all better.
For awhile. Cycled down again to the point I had all my ducks lined up in a row and my gun was talking to me. (in other words, my house was cleaned and prepped for other people to clear it out, can't off myself if anything is in my house I don't want mom/kid to read or find... even tossed out Bob, LOL) The day before my do-it day, I picked up the phone book looking for a shrink close to my house... I didn't want to drive to the other side of town to go back to the old shrink, didn't want him to know all that therapy failed, etc. The first number I called, the doc answered the phone - not a receptionist. I told him exactly what was going down and he set me up with an appt for the very next morning.
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