Posted by Anna Laura on March 14, 2002, at 2:16:51
In reply to Re: my first experience with therapy » Anna Laura, posted by johnX2 on March 13, 2002, at 8:17:55
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> Wow,
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> It's so nice to know that we are not alone.
> So sorry you got screwed for so long!
> And to be treated in such a deaming way.
> Oh my God! Three cheers to you for surviving that!!!
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> Quick questions: when you walked out that door,
> how did you feel? Betrayed, depressed, a little
> empathetic towards her, that she was pathetic,
> relieved?
I felt some sick pleasure when I left my 1st pdoc.
Well, i must admit i felt some sick pleasure also. I felt rielieved 'cause i finally took that awful burden off my chest. I'm a passive-aggressive too when it comes to pychological abuse. The reason why i don't attack directly is that often psichic abuse is so subtle i often end up wondering wether my intuitions/gut feelings are right or not. I usually think i am at fault in the beginning, but later on, as things progress, i get more and more angry till i realize i've been actually abused and i explode.>
> How are you doing these days?I'm feeling o.k. i guess, nothing exceptional, just enough energy to get things going.
> Do you think a lot of people waste too much
> time doing therapy before getting medicine?I think meds are the first-line treatment. Then comes therapy, that can be a useful tool for many purposes. It could help you adjust and cope, manage your stress, and sometimes can be a part of the growing/maturing process also, even though i believe, as i said in one of my previous posts, that life itself could be a "setting" also.
poster:Anna Laura
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