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 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.
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
Well I'm going to sessions now it but I don't think it's helped me. I guess it's because of my state of mind but I can't really concentrate and the sessions make me feel worse sometimes because I know any normal person wouldn't be having CBT to begin with.
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.