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Location: Lithuania
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Hey there,
So during my out patient treatment program I was introduced to CBT therapy, once again. This time I decided to stick with it. My therapist explained me that besides bipolar, I also have social anxiety and my first homework was my story of life events, also what I am experiencing right now. As a result, we found out that besides bipolar, i also have social anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder and few symptoms of OCD which are mild, and not disrupting my daily life. On the other hand, I finally found out what is disturbing me daily, but also it feels awful to know that there are so many mental diseases. I am planning to talk with my therapist because I feel I would need to take different antidepressant for all these conditions, to help me go through the day and help me during my journey with CBT. By the way, here, in Lithuania, everyone can get 30 sessions of CBT for free just with doctors recommendation. |
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Grand Magnate
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I struggle with anxiety. CBT helped with the thought patterns that were making things worse and medication helps some. I also work with a therapist but we have a long way to go to see if that helps the anxiety.
Doing your life events so early and outside of sessions seems scary to me. But, my CBT therapist did not really take much of a history at all. She seems to have done things differently than many. __________________ There’s been many a crooked path that has landed me here Tired, broken and wearing rags Wild eyed with fear -Blackmoores Night |
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The behavioral therapies my therapist used (CBT/REBT, etc) in combination with other approaches was vital in getting me to a place where my anxiety and depression weren’t running my life. I’m nearly a decade post-therapy and those skills are what I still lean on daily to keep me sane.
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Perhaps it was just projection. I found in doing my history with my current T that we uncovered a lot of painful memories. Personally I was glad they came up in conversation with my T rather than at home. But I am also not a part of an outpatient program so I only see T once a week for an hour with little to no support between sessions.
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Į totally agree with you. Painful memories stresses us out. You see, if we are talking about CBT, it's solution focused and provides little support. Į dont know about your therapist, but my listens and we discuss how to behave and start conversation. Moreover, it was surely stressful to write down Painful memories, i even felt anxiety when writing. Į also see my T once a week, so surely i'm waiting to see her. She's young, nice, knows how to listen and when to ask questions |
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