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How many years in total have members in this forum been in therapy?
Feel free to answer if Depression is not your only dx (I have CPTSD and other dxs ... not any ''pd'' ... not that I have anything against those who do) (eta I was told I am ''avoidant'' but I am sure that is really CPTSD) __________________ |
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I haven't been in therapy the whole time but I've been in treatment for 33 years. Geez I'm old lol
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My treatment, in the past, probably spans only a few months.
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6 years with a total of 4 different therapists.
Wow...saying that makes me wonder what I am looking for in a T. I shouldn't really count the 4th one... she was a teletherapy experiment in June not in my location that I stopped after 2 sessions. I decided to go back to T number 3. |
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45 years.....i am a sicko
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Wow. How can I put this. In this part of the forest they expect us to be ''cured'' in a year or we are ''too sick for therapy'' ... That is so wrong. I'm sure there are exceptions. I don't think there are many though... even when we pay them ££££££££
I might talk to a T IRL and tell them about people I know seeing T's for 40 plus years (I already knew some do..) I wonder what ''helpful'' statement they would tell me re that __________________ |
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Thanks for sharing. I sometimes wonder if I would have ''done better'' if I had limited therapy to that length of time. And taken a long break. Anyway I obviously can't change the length of time I was in therapy (or how .. naive.. I was )
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Our forest has very little therapy available.
I have a few few courses of CBT but little else from our system. I have paid for therapy but the help never lasts. I am trying again.... It will not be a long term solution |
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10 years, but it hasn't been all therapy. Antidepressants never really worked, and I could never get along with any psychiatrist. Still need some solution that works, even partly.
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wow, um, 14 years on and off, I think
possibly a bit longer problem is I've switched so many therapists so many times I don't always keep track |
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(I won't comment further on that) I have paid for therapy too... I wonder if your current T is sub optimal. I've seen 4 T's and 2 shrinks who were sub optimal (most were very expensive) and one shrink (for one session) who seemed to be more helpful. And very expensive... __________________ |
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I would say a total of 3 years or so. I've had several therapists in the past, only two of which I've really connected with. For me, it's been hard to stay consistent in therapy because I am also a mental health professional and I feel like sometimes I "know" what to do and just need to do it on my own. I've also gone on and off medications in the past for the same reason, and also doubting my diagnoses. I would say that therapy has been greatly helpful and I've learned a lot through it.
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I have been allergic to all of the (many) meds I have tried . My anxiety is severe and My depression is also severe at times. I have certain triggers... I have CPTSD from trauma. (Emotional neglect and abuse in childhood. Parents have Narcissistic PD with other “features”... I believe I am the only person in the FOO (family of origin) who is able to love, respect and care about others. A close friend who has passed away (a couple of years ago )who knew me well and who had also been a Mental health professional (not in our forest ) said I was the least Narcissistic person she knew. She did find me frustrating after a few years. She said I did not open up to her. She said I did not trust her. Trust has been an issue for me, having had many abusive individuals in my life (some of them “groomed” me...some were cruel from the start __________________ |
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I too have wondered this. I wonder if our inner “snake” being guarded and at times untrusting somehow “turns them off”... that T IRL said I turn “people” off but gave no examples or ideas how to change whatever he thought was “wrong” with me That same therapist had talked about me “sitting on his lap” and much more....
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I received my first formal mental health diagnosis about 23-24 years ago, and so that would mark the beginning of treatment. During that span, I've had two formal courses of CBT-based therapy with a smattering of informal talk therapy, some of which was provided by a psychiatrist (!).
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I am finding a book by Burns of much more help than the ... CBT.. I had. __________________ |
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