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Poet
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: Counselling/Medication/Depression |
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Apologies to the admins if this had already been posted.
I was just wondering what people's experiences/feelings are on counselling, medication and receiving help for their depression/anxiety.
I'm currently thinking about getting help but am worried that counselling will be useless because I've heard thats counselling isn't very useful :-/
Would just be interested in people's opinions. :-) |
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Bubbles
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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You really need to see for yourself,
Other peoples opinion can be so different to your own, some people work really well with counsellors others not so good.
I for one choose not to see a counsellor, I find there persistent questions aggrivating and I would rather help myself by understanding more about mental illness and using different to ways to calm myself down through writing, exercise and help others.
I would suggest to you that you maybe have a trial session and see how it goes.
Hopefully this helps you somewhat.
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The Melody of Rain
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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A councillor will aid you in evaluating the root causes of your depression. If a root cause exists, with your co-operation a decent councillor will find it. I never had a root cause, which explains why I never had anything to talk about during my therapy sessions which unsurprisingly enough weren't that therapeutic at all. In some cases, as with mine, the depression can be a chemical imbalance that can eventually correct itself.
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jackson
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:58 am Post subject: |
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| I agree with Bubbles. You can't just write it off, you need to give it a go. I went to group sessions a while back, the sessions themselves didn't do much for me but meeting others made me feel better. |
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Robbed
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| The Melody of Rain wrote: | | In some cases, as with mine, the depression can be a chemical imbalance that can eventually correct itself. |
There is some truth in this. You have to remember that MOST anxiety sufferers also suffer from depression. In MOST situations where anxiety is the primary problem, depression is actually a side effect of the anxiety and NOT a separate disorder. This tends to happen since the anxiety state CAUSES a chemical imbalance that LEADS to depression. And once the anxiety subsides, so will the depression. |
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The Melody of Rain
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:22 am Post subject: |
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I understand. Bare in mind, this was in February when I was suffering from both depression and anxiety. I have since learned that I did have a root cause, and that it wasn't chemical.
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