Therapy

[PizzaManDan]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Did therapy help you or is it helping you?

When is it time to stop therapy?

What happens after therapy? Are you cured?

Thanks
DD

 

[Life_and_Death]

Are you cured?

depends on what youre going for. but id have to guess for most people, typically not. and i think that might be the biggest misconception about therapy. sometimes you can be cured (like if youre "just depressed you lost you job" but then you get your life straightened back out and youre fine) but for the most part, from my understanding, a lot of people that are going to therapy are neurodivergent people. and that isnt something thats ever going to be "cured" (nor should it really be viewed as something that should be cured). youre going to live with it forever, but therapy (be it with a "professional" or taught to yourself) can give you healthy coping mechanisms which a lot of people are missing because most dont know how to handle someone thats neurodivergent so its hard to teach your child what you dont know (plus abuse).
so no, most people dont get "cured" and its something you typically have to do until you die, but it typically becomes a normal part of life the more you practice it, so its not as heavy as that sounds.

Did therapy help you or is it helping you?

therapy can be helpful, but like everything else in life, its person depended. are you in the right state of mind for it. i know through my recovery my thoughts towards things have changed depending on where im at. but theres also the question of 'is this the therapy i need'. its like a physical illness (but worse). if you have an infection, i can give you an advil but its not going to do anything. you need the right medicine you need an antibiotic. its the same idea with mental health (therapy or medications) but the difference between mental and physical is for the most part all physical problems can be treated the same. however with mental everyone has a unique chemical make up and different problems (that even could have brought them to the same issue). and that makes it really difficult to treat and part of the reason you will see some people praising medication/therapy and others saying it needs to be taken down. (its needs adjustments)



my over all point is, there isnt really an answer to your questions. its extremely person dependent.

 

[PizzaManDan]

depends on what youre going for. but id have to guess for most people, typically not. and i think that might be the biggest misconception about therapy. sometimes you can be cured (like if youre "just depressed you lost you job" but then you get your life straightened back out and youre fine) but for the most part, from my understanding, a lot of people that are going to therapy are neurodivergent people. and that isnt something thats ever going to be "cured" (nor should it really be viewed as something that should be cured). youre going to live with it forever, but therapy (be it with a "professional" or taught to yourself) can give you healthy coping mechanisms which a lot of people are missing because most dont know how to handle someone thats neurodivergent so its hard to teach your child what you dont know (plus abuse).
so no, most people dont get "cured" and its something you typically have to do until you die, but it typically becomes a normal part of life the more you practice it, so its not as heavy as that sounds.


therapy can be helpful, but like everything else in life, its person depended. are you in the right state of mind for it. i know through my recovery my thoughts towards things have changed depending on where im at. but theres also the question of 'is this the therapy i need'. its like a physical illness (but worse). if you have an infection, i can give you an advil but its not going to do anything. you need the right medicine you need an antibiotic. its the same idea with mental health (therapy or medications) but the difference between mental and physical is for the most part all physical problems can be treated the same. however with mental everyone has a unique chemical make up and different problems (that even could have brought them to the same issue). and that makes it really difficult to treat and part of the reason you will see some people praising medication/therapy and others saying it needs to be taken down. (its needs adjustments)



my over all point is, there isnt really an answer to your questions. its extremely person dependent.

Thank you!
I also didn't have a good answer . You are correct it's all person dependent
I also feel that if you're too far into depression then there might be no way out.
I've been doing therapy for sometime now and I really like my therapist. I feel like I have a good connection with her just like I do here on SS.
There are 4 people that know that I was going to CTB last year the week of Father's Day week. I opened up and shared the dark part of my like and not one has come back and asked "hey how are you doing with everything". Not even my girlfriend of 9 year that we have 2 kids together.
I'm a believer that people don't want to be responsible or have any type of responsibility to my depression.
I'm ok with that now. I have less than a year left till I find my peace so it is what it is.


Thank you for your point of view!

 

[Redacted24]

Last May I hit a really rough patch. My therapist for a few years had moved to private practice that my insurance wouldn't cover about 6 months prior and I didn't have the energy to find another.
So in May I made an appointment because I was really in a bad way and needed help.
The therapist stood me up.

I found myself walking to a gun shop to get something I could take into the woods and be done that day.

But something my therapist said a year before came into mind: I have the right to be happy.

As I got closer to the shop her voice got more powerful. And I turned around and went back.

I do have the right to be happy. To get away from my abusive partner. To get a job where I'm treated fairly. To have friends again.

I didn't pay much attention at the session when she said that. But it was clear much later.

It wasn't just those words, of course. But given the right therapist, yes I think it can help.

Hope this helps!

 

[passedawayinapril]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Did therapy help you or is it helping you?

When is it time to stop therapy?

What happens after therapy? Are you cured?

Thanks
DD

I talked to a therapist for 3 months. It was completely useless.

 

[cali22♡]

Every therapist is different...

Everyone has their own methods. All I can say about my therapist is that she is open to everything and can also take a few things with humor. She also gives me an appointment every week even though I have statutory insurance (but that's not usual) and she recognizes everything