Posted by alohashirt on May 26, 2005, at 22:58:10
In reply to Re: Meds To Help Negativity? » alohashirt, posted by Phillipa on May 26, 2005, at 22:24:31
Two more things:
1) Going to AA really helped but then you have to be a drunk.
2) "Helping people" or at least doing stuff wher ethe focus is others can be really rewarding. I don't mean working as a nurse which, based on the nurses I dated, can be a pathology but helping out in a soup kitchen or similar can help break down the natural tendency to isolate and withdraw that can leave people feeling alone and negative.
3) Years ago I found "If you meet the buddha on the road kill him" to be very useful. I lived in Australia then. Here in teh US I'm sure someoen has already killed him.
4) I second Maxime's recommendation of CBT. But the therapist has to be good.
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