Posted by Tabitha on March 4, 2016, at 14:37:31
In reply to Re: Aha moment, posted by J Kelly on March 4, 2016, at 7:12:28
Hi again Jade.
I do think medication is the biggest factor in remission by far. Self-care stuff like yoga, journaling, etc is more of a stress-reliever or coping mechanism.
It sounds like you are judging yourself a bit for expecting pills to work, because taking pills seems easier than other self-care tasks. I look at it the opposite way. Taking pills is hard on your sense of identity. It's also stigmatized. It's easier to talk proudly about doing yoga and journaling than to admit taking psych meds. Taking pills is scary and really not easy at all.
In general, I don't think that more effort results in more reward where health is concerned. So just because yoga is more effort than taking your daily pill doesn't mean it's going to work better. Sure, it may give you a better feeling of accomplishment, so you can enjoy that feeling if you can get yourself to do the yoga.
If your therapist is claiming that yoga etc is as effective as medication, I would challenge them on that. I don't think therapists have enough education on how the brain works to make claims like that, or talk about "rewiring" your brain. Some therapists are into a lot of pseudo-sciency stuff.
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