Posted by LauraBeane on December 14, 2005, at 13:25:08
In reply to Re: Forced distance (long), posted by tarabara on December 13, 2005, at 23:17:17
How amazing that you just met this psychiatrist and clicked. Did your therapist recommend him or did you go some other route? Connecting with a psychiatrist has got to be so valuable, I know a lot of people struggle to find one they can talk to. I would say it's more than an outlet because he's giving you so much back and it's got to help to have fresh eyes looking at things with you. I know I've been helped so much by other people sharing here. Anyway, I've not been to a psychiatrist but my therapist is talking to me about ADs and if I decide to do that then I guess he'll refer me for the meds.
So what happens now about the possible bipolar II? I have a close family member who's bipolar and it was really, really tough until she finally got diagnosed. Now she is much happier and healthier and much more self-aware. I laughed at your phrase "I love to deconstruct my therapy," I think I love to do that too! But until now I've kept the debriefing in my own head, not having many like-minded friends at the moment.
You mention compulsive feelings. I don't know if this is the same thing but what brought me back into therapy was I couldn't stop thinking about a particular family issue. I thought about it over and over and examined it from all angles and tried to play it out in every way possible if only I had done this, suppose I had said that, why do I deserve this, etc. etc. Of course the damage was done by then and there was nothing at all I could do anymore, but still I could not let it go. It really took over. The therapist I see now got me past that somehow and now it's like a dream that happened to somebody else. So intense. It's scary to me to think about getting stuck back there if I hadn't met him to help pull me out.
I have been seeing my therapist for 2 1/2 years, how about you?
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