talk therapy

Drac Staff

#1 1 month ago

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ("talk" therapy) didn't do a damn thing for me (almost 12 years worth). I feel like my main issue is brain chemicals.

I'm also an empath and am *extremely* sensitive, easily feeling others' emotions. This probably doesn't help. 😱

Otto Von Herunterhängen

#2 1 month ago

Yeah, Behavioral Therapy doesn't do a damned thing for chemical imbalances in the brain.

Q: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb
A: Only one, but it takes 10 years and the light bulb has to really want to change.

Drac Staff 1 month ago

Yes agreed. I'm fucking living proof. My old shrink even had the audacity to proclaim that I'm "not as anxious as I used to be" and have become "complacent". Yeah, because I wasn't working or going to school, the two fucking most stressful things in my entire life.

When I decided to stop seeing him, he simply sent me his bill demanding payment or he'd send me to collections.

Gee, thanks.

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jh_snuff

#3 1 month ago

I have mild, occasional depression, when things are bad, but Buproprion helps a LOT!

I think that a balance of the RIGHT drug (a friend of mine spent DECADES trying meds for her bi-polar before she found the right one)m and behavior change works best.

Drac Staff 1 month ago

I take Zyprexa (magic) and Zoloft (yes). Works wonders for me. Still can't work, though, so I draw a check...