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Chunkybeefsoup
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 Posted - 07/11/2005 : 12:56:26
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| I remember hearing about psychotherapy about 15 years ago when I was studying psychology. At first, i was a little hesitant because i thought that how can "talk" help someone with such a serious brain disease. later i found out that talk therapy changes how your brain works. actually, everything that happens to us gets filtered in the brain. all the positive and negative experiences goes to create a unique individual. that's why no two people are the same. we've all had different experiences in our lives. however, we also can say that we've had very similar experiences. for example, we all want love and acceptance. that's a universal phenomena. we all like to be proud of something that we've done. such universal and human thoughts and behaviors. so, in closing, this is why i believe that psychotherapy or talk therapy really works. Cindy |
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| filletofish
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Posted - 08/25/2006 : 02:04:42
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I agree. My Psychiatrist offers me Psychotherapy sessions too, but they cost $60 extra per session for 45mins.
When I can't afford it, I don't go for it. But now maybe I will go for it bcos non-drug therapy is still the best.
But each session is just free-flow conversation without any structure. |
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| walterchang
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Posted - 09/22/2006 : 02:05:11
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hi, cindy, at first, i think the psychology is science. now, i realize that the psychology is just a social science. it is different from physics or mathematics. if you take care of yourself and you are lucky, there will be no problem with you.
walter chang from china.
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| Anamater
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Posted - 03/14/2007 : 08:06:15
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I am pretty blessed to have insurance, I guess. Maybe I would have been successful at getting help when I was younger if I had had insurance then.
I am not really about talk therapy, in part becasue it's something I can do for myself (with the aid of my husband). When doing it yourself there is a lot of pit-falls, give and take, because some of the things I need to say really hurt someone who is that close to me personally. Someone with a vested interest in me getting better. Even so, if it can be arranged, if you are close enough to someone who is strong enough, and if you can be strong enough to be really completely honest, I think personal talk therapy is the most effective. The reason is, despite the pain of seeing someone I am that close to, or the hurt when I trust him with something very personal and he recoils in pain (it can't be someone who will tell other people. No gossips allowed. But I know that he confides to his dad when it gets to be too much for him. At first that bugged me, then I realized no man is an island, and his dad is someone I trust not to hurt me for sport, or judge me.) Anyway, seeing his reactions is an important part of the learning process for me. It's hard to be wholly honest when I know what I have to say will hurt or repel him. In fact, I developed a bad habit of never telling flat truth for a while, but after that raged out of control I was able to stop it. When you lie ALL the time, people are bound to notice.
Shoot, I had a point...Oh yes, seeing a real person's reactions to the things in my head were an important part of learning to function in society for me. I think of it as maturing, but in point of fact, when I was 20 I was dysfunctionaly socially retarded. I still acted 13, and I did not understand people's motivations at all. Self-regulated talk therapy really helped me understand what is and is not acceptable behavior and discussion in societal groups. It also helped my coping skills, and made me...able to forget? Able to forgive anyway. I don't think everyone can do it for themselves, but by the time I got here, where I can see a doctor and give a pro a crack at my brain, I never would have been able to trust a psychologist or counselor with my thoughts, adn I doubt I would have gotten much out of it.
I am starting therapy next week. wish me luck.
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