Posted by Dinah on October 30, 2004, at 12:52:27
In reply to Functioning Again - very long, posted by Daisym on October 29, 2004, at 17:56:37
Daisy, I'm glad you're feeling good, but I think you need at least several months of feeling good before you should even begin to feel like you need to be selfless. Maybe a year of feeling good.
I had felt very very bad, as you know, not very long ago and had increased my sessions. And I started feeling better and figured I could go back to my regular schedule (I've put dropping to once a week on hold for a while). But under stress this week I totally fell apart. Trouble is my therapist isn't himself right now and going to see him almost provokes more anxiety than it solves.
Don't put too much pressure on yourself to not only feel better but immediately drop your supports and go it alone. That's too much to ask all at once.
My therapist feels the way yours does about therapy. He thinks that as long as I'm getting something from it, I don't need to be seriously ill to go. I know he says that so I won't feel like I need to stay ill. :) But I also know he believes it. I know it's hard for us to believe sometimes (particularly in our most rational part of the brain) but I think we should try to feel comfortable with the idea.
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