Posted by finelinebob on August 21, 2006, at 22:29:59
In reply to Re: Sustaining self esteem within depression » finelinebob, posted by cecilia on August 21, 2006, at 4:04:58
> FineLineBob, that's nice for you that you have wonderful friends, but some of us are depressed BECAUSE we don't have any.
Then it's time to figure out why. And I'm not talking about flimsy excuses like "I need to protect people from me", I'm talking about concrete behaviors such as self-isolation and how you do it, or what you might do to alienate people who would be your friend. Of course, you can't wave a magic wand and make those behaviors go away -- but they are BEHAVIORS.
If anything responds to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, it's recognizing the roots of maladative behaviors and working to change them.
I'm not a big fan of CBT for **me**, because I know the theory behind it intimately and I'm fantastic at undermining any efforts along these lines. That being said, it you and your T can indentify some issues of behavior that you want to change working with a CB Therapist for a while might be a good change, or adjust. I personally wouldn't want to work with one full time.
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