has cbt helped any of u....
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Harleyq
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CBT has helped me quite a bit but I've found through both experience and through my psychology classes at school, that you have to go in with realistic expectations. I think in some cases, it fails because the person is with the wrong therapist but more often than not, I think cbt fails because patients were either forced into it, or they're not willing to put in the effort to help themselves.
You have to want to go, it won't always work if you go because people pressure you into it.
You also can't expect the therapist to fix everything for you the way a dentist cures a toothache or a doctor heals a broken bone. The only thing a therapist is there for, is to act as your better conscious and to help you sort out the jumble in your head and make decisions that are best for your well-being. They're there in order to help you think straight so that you can help yourself, they don't have the power to cure your troubled mind with the magical healing energies emanating from a wave of their fingers, lol. A better way to put it is they'll help you separate all your puzzle pieces and categorize them, but they're not going to put the puzzle together for you. It's not just laying on a couch, spilling your guts, and then everything's all better. It takes work, which I think many patients don't anticipate going in.
I think if you keep that in mind, you'll do just fine
And if you find that a therapist isn't working out for you, don't be afraid to discuss it and/or request a new therapist. Some are better than others at dealing with certain personalities/disorders. I had to do that with my first psychiatrist cause her personality made me more anxious instead of giving me a relaxed feeling.
You have to want to go, it won't always work if you go because people pressure you into it.
You also can't expect the therapist to fix everything for you the way a dentist cures a toothache or a doctor heals a broken bone. The only thing a therapist is there for, is to act as your better conscious and to help you sort out the jumble in your head and make decisions that are best for your well-being. They're there in order to help you think straight so that you can help yourself, they don't have the power to cure your troubled mind with the magical healing energies emanating from a wave of their fingers, lol. A better way to put it is they'll help you separate all your puzzle pieces and categorize them, but they're not going to put the puzzle together for you. It's not just laying on a couch, spilling your guts, and then everything's all better. It takes work, which I think many patients don't anticipate going in.
I think if you keep that in mind, you'll do just fine
And if you find that a therapist isn't working out for you, don't be afraid to discuss it and/or request a new therapist. Some are better than others at dealing with certain personalities/disorders. I had to do that with my first psychiatrist cause her personality made me more anxious instead of giving me a relaxed feeling.
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I want to start the cbt, even tho I'm freaked out and I was also thinking of studying psychology! I think she's a good therapist... and I expose myself everyday. i go to school, I try.. but I can't do it all on my own.. need someone to direct me.. understand the dentist, and broken bone part... but I'm willing to try... have nothing to loose.. might just have hope for a while at leastCBT has helped me quite a bit but I've found through both experience and through my psychology classes at school, that you have to go in with realistic expectations. I think in some cases, it fails because the person is with the wrong therapist but more often than not, I think cbt fails because patients were either forced into it, or they're not willing to put in the effort to help themselves.
You have to want to go, it won't always work if you go because people pressure you into it.
You also can't expect the therapist to fix everything for you the way a dentist cures a toothache or a doctor heals a broken bone. The only thing a therapist is there for, is to act as your better conscious and to help you sort out the jumble in your head and make decisions that are best for your well-being. They're there in order to help you think straight so that you can help yourself, they don't have the power to cure your troubled mind with the magical healing energies emanating from a wave of their fingers, lol. A better way to put it is they'll help you separate all your puzzle pieces and categorize them, but they're not going to put the puzzle together for you. It's not just laying on a couch, spilling your guts, and then everything's all better. It takes work, which I think many patients don't anticipate going in.
I think if you keep that in mind, you'll do just fine
Harleyq
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I want to start the cbt, even tho I'm freaked out and I was also thinking of studying psychology! I think she's a good therapist... and I expose myself everyday. i go to school, I try.. but I can't do it all on my own.. need someone to direct me.. understand the dentist, and broken bone part... but I'm willing to try... have nothing to loose.. might just have hope for a while at least
That's exactly what they're there for. I think you have a good attitude when it comes to seeking help.
If you want to study psychology, you should go for it! It's fun and you learn a lot about the way psychiatric practices work so it makes interacting with your therapist easier cause the two of you are on a somewhat similar page of understanding. It helps with SA slightly, because when you start to learn about common motivations and mentality for certain actions, it helps to put things into perspective.
For me, I decided to minor in Psych instead of having it as my major because I know I couldn't handle having a career in psychology. It's one of those high-stress jobs where people need you all the time and there are crises going on often and you have to react quickly and then you receive hostility and threats from some patients and everybody can sue you for breach of confidentiality or NOT breaking confidentiality and you have to hold responsibility for all these people and so on. So yeah, I couldn't handle all that, but I can handle maybe writing and editing articles for psychology journals, so that's what I'm doing.
so what? that is definately not the issue, not being normal, staying not normal is the issue.. that's why u gotta go to cbt
Emmmmy
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To be honest, not really. I feels too much like lying to yourself.
It felt to me like going round ignoring my intuition.
I do think as a combination with medication it might be different though. I used to be very anti medication, but now I'm on it, I find it easier to look on the bright side.
It felt to me like going round ignoring my intuition.
I do think as a combination with medication it might be different though. I used to be very anti medication, but now I'm on it, I find it easier to look on the bright side.
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CBT has helped me quite a bit but I've found through both experience and through my psychology classes at school, that you have to go in with realistic expectations. I think in some cases, it fails because the person is with the wrong therapist but more often than not, I think cbt fails because patients were either forced into it, or they're not willing to put in the effort to help themselves.
You have to want to go, it won't always work if you go because people pressure you into it.
You also can't expect the therapist to fix everything for you the way a dentist cures a toothache or a doctor heals a broken bone. The only thing a therapist is there for, is to act as your better conscious and to help you sort out the jumble in your head and make decisions that are best for your well-being. They're there in order to help you think straight so that you can help yourself, they don't have the power to cure your troubled mind with the magical healing energies emanating from a wave of their fingers, lol. A better way to put it is they'll help you separate all your puzzle pieces and categorize them, but they're not going to put the puzzle together for you. It's not just laying on a couch, spilling your guts, and then everything's all better. It takes work, which I think many patients don't anticipate going in.
I think if you keep that in mind, you'll do just fine
Yes aboslutely. Whne I first had CBT i believed that my therapist is supposed to magically cure me. I had individual counseling and meds for about a year. It turned out to be a complete waste of time for me and my therapist.
Years later I realized that, as cliched as it may be, i was the only one who can help myself. I applied the concepts of CBT and got a lot better. I still am extremely shy by any standards, but I've come a long way from where I used to be. Now I can at least perform everyday tasks without too much anxiety. so I definitely recommend Cbt as long as you go in with the right mindset