I don't really like philosphy, so I feel uncomfortable saying this, but I have trouble believing that everyone who procrastinates or is socially isolated has a problem with their brain chemistry which requires drugs. My entire family is bad at getting things done and never did much socially, so I'm not surprised that I picked up the same patterns.
Everyone, depressed or not, should have a support network. The problem is getting one.
Another problem is finding an effective therapist. It's easy to say that if I just took some drugs it would allow therapy to start working, but if nothing is accomplished in a therapy session besides me complaining until time runs out even when I'm having a good day, I don't see what would ever happen.
Can anyone describe what exactly goes on in effective, productive therapy, where they ended up changing for the better? I know the obvious, vague stuff, about exploring your feelings and motivations and coming up with strategies and stuff. I feel like I do that all the time on my own, without any results, while I *didn't* discover anything in therapy and certainly never came up with any strategies. So I'd like to know the *details* of what happened in therapy and how it helped.
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:25 pm (UTC)Everyone, depressed or not, should have a support network. The problem is getting one.
Another problem is finding an effective therapist. It's easy to say that if I just took some drugs it would allow therapy to start working, but if nothing is accomplished in a therapy session besides me complaining until time runs out even when I'm having a good day, I don't see what would ever happen.
Can anyone describe what exactly goes on in effective, productive therapy, where they ended up changing for the better? I know the obvious, vague stuff, about exploring your feelings and motivations and coming up with strategies and stuff. I feel like I do that all the time on my own, without any results, while I *didn't* discover anything in therapy and certainly never came up with any strategies. So I'd like to know the *details* of what happened in therapy and how it helped.