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Re: To stand it » Beckett

Posted by klein on April 28, 2014, at 9:43:44

In reply to Re: To stand it, posted by Beckett on April 27, 2014, at 22:18:41

> Hi Klein,
>
> talk therapy. A cbt/dbt hybrid would be be great in conjunction. Had that once (not around here). Spoiled me. You're right. It behooves me to seek something more. What treatments have you found helpful yourself?

Hi Beckett :)

During the past several years I've done quite a few different types of therapy. Talk therapy (psychonalysis, analytical and counseling), DBT and CBT. They were all very helpful in their own way and well worth it. Fortunately where I live therapy is quite inexpensive and accessible, and I even get a bit of copay from my insurance.

My official DX is MDD with some PTSD / GAD and schizoid traits (the schizoid part is very debatable, I suspect that these schizoid traits are a result of the MDD itself as I didn't have them back when I felt mentally sound). I eventually had to apply for disability, which, though helpful, makes me feel even more helpless and unhappy - but then, my overall condition was severe enough to warrant it.

Thanks to therapy and meds, my core symptoms are pretty much under control now, so I'm supposed to start CBT sometime next month to address lack of motivation and feeling "stuck". I want to re-engage with my career -and life in general- but after so many years I can't bring myself to actually do it =/ CBT should help. I did pure CBT 10 years ago for anxiety and it helped immensely; I've applied the techniques I learned back then ever since. However, I'm falling a bit short now, so I'm going back.

Anyway, combined talk therapy + cbt/dbt sounds great. Were you seeing one person who specialized in all three, or were you seeing different therapists simultaneously?

There are several studies which show that CBT "bibliotherapy" (self help books) can be as effective as actually attending formal CBT therapy. I haven't seen any studies re: DBT, but I'm guessing there's a chance the same holds true. You need the right books of course, a lot of them are fluff, but some of them are very very good. I can provide you a short list if you're interested.


Have you ever tried proper counseling? If I may give you a bit of feedback, based on your posts, I think that it could be very helpful for you, especially if you combine it with C/DBT sessions or bibliotherapy.

HTH, kind regards


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