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Has anyone gone to talking therapy ever? Was it helpful?
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Date: May 14th, 2024 12:58 PM Author: rusted rebellious lettuce Doing everything within my control 'right'. Lifting consistently, eating right, getting sunlight/fresh air consistently. Lots of other stuff in my life I can't do much about, ranging from family problems to uncertainty with my job. Mentally just weighed down to the point where I can't fully function.
Wondering if therapy could reasonably help? Would definitely decline any medication. |
Date: May 14th, 2024 12:59 PM Author: hyperventilating red sandwich What do you hope for a therapist to accomplish? Be specific
In other words, in what way do you think a therapist would help you |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:23 PM Author: rusted rebellious lettuce Feel like I'm walking around carrying 200 lbs of various mental anguish, and no matter how much I try to focus on IRL things to improve the things driving my mental anguish (working out, trying to socialize, be better at wageslaving, etc), can't shake it off and can't (yet) meaningfully improve those IRL factors. And it's creating this negative feedback loop where I feel worse about everything, and then have worse performance in everything, which makes me feel worse about everything, and so on. For example, missing a lot of workouts because I can't get myself out of bed recently. Just lay there in dread for hours at a time until I really peel myself off.
At this point IDK what I can hope for from either therapy or life. But I'm willing to do anything to improve my situation. Which is why I'm asking if therapy could possibly help or do something from people who have experience with it. |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:27 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone candlestick maker Need more details here
General occupation?
You mention “family”—did you have offspring? Are you responsible for these people?
Whats so shitty about your situation again? |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 12:59 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone candlestick maker It’s a dumb jew scam (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660704) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:03 PM Author: effete elastic band brunch lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660727) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:10 PM Author: Angry giraffe resort i am guessing they would teach you some coping mechanisms and how to avoid catastrophizing and whatever bad mental habits you may have (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660752) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:05 PM Author: hyperventilating red sandwich Catastrophizing is the cr analysis. If you go to a therapist with that specific and concrete goal maybe they can help you. Really just worry less.
Circle of concern/circle of control helps me with this. And plus just getting older you learn that 95% of the shit that kept you up at nights ended up being nothing at all |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:23 PM Author: amber bipolar kitchen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661353) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:22 PM Author: odious pit imo talk therapy does not help, but behavioral therapy might
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviour_therapy |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:30 PM Author: stimulating blue space Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (basically, more intense CBT) are very effective -- even if you are not mentally ill and just want to change something about your behavior.
But the vast majority of people who do various "talk therapies" just engage in stupid "feel good" bullshit that is basically just talking about your feelings. If anything, it is probably harmful because it trains you to constantly be thinking about your feelings -- which is just an exacerbation of two of the main symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Lots of Psychs that claim to do CBT might not even actually do it. Or they do some bullshit female watered down version.
Either find a MALE who specializes in CBT and is HARDCORE about it -- or find a female who does DBT.
WARNING: These actually require a lot of work. If you just show up to your appointment every week or whatever, you will get little out of them. |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:30 PM Author: odious pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661380) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:19 PM Author: chocolate diverse senate pervert I had like 7 therapists. 6 weren’t great but it was still nice just getting stuff off your chest to a neutral party who doesn’t give a fuck and won’t judge you. One of them was legit helpful and led to divorcing my wife quicker, which turned out to be the best decision I ever made (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661670) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:19 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone candlestick maker lmfao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661675) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:21 PM Author: effete elastic band brunch Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661681) |
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Date: May 14th, 2024 7:28 PM Author: rusted rebellious lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661879) |