Posted by SLS on October 15, 2013, at 7:45:38
In reply to Re: ECT-Advice Needed, posted by babbler20 on October 14, 2013, at 22:35:56
> Hi, I recently started seeing a therapist that is a great fit. You absolutely have to have self-confidence otherwise success is meaningless. I'm sorry to hear that you had such a difficult childhood. I think we are likely to find more happiness in our relationships with others rather than with a bottle of pills.
If you suffer from a biologically-driven depressive brain disorder, it is not an either-or situation. Even a psychologically "healthy" individual will suffer damage in the wake of one of these illnesses. In addition, one must determine what was the history of psychosocial stress, either in childhood or immediately prior to the onset of the depressive episode. I have used psychotherapy to take care of both the contribution of psychosocial stress to the evolution of my mental illness and as remediation for the mess the illness left me with. I think that for most people accurately diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD), a bottle of pills can make someone feel and function much better so as to allow for more rapid gains in psychotherapy. A bottle of pills might be necessary for happiness, but it is not by itself sufficient to create happiness. Happiness must come from within. Psychotherapy can help facilitate this. The combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy might be therapeutically synergistic.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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