Posted by amy_oz on March 19, 2003, at 17:57:29
In reply to Re: How many mental illnesses can 1 person have » Dinah, posted by WorryGirl on March 19, 2003, at 10:49:42
Worry Girl,
Its amazing how you go through many trials and then fall apart afterwards in seemingly good times. Its like the body and mind has a resilience to cope with the stress while its occuring and when you finally "relax" you reaise how much was simmering under the surface. I've hads a very similar experience and have since been given the labels; major depression, ptsd, panic disorder, bipolar, SAD, GAD, agitated depression.......All of them describe some of my symptoms cause each of the diagnoses overlap significantly but none of them describe me as a person.You need to learn how to treat the symptoms and learn positive thought/life patterns for the future. Its possible that that was what your therapist was trying to do by concentrating on the current symptoms of social anxiety. Or maybe your therapist only wanted to deal with one thing at a time.....
I've found that its useful to talk to the therapist about the kind of approach that they will take with your case so that i have more of an idea where they are coming from. I'm very lucky to have found one who is open with me and wants to work with me and not for me.
I've certainly found it useful to discuss past experiences to see what kind of distructive patterns they have set up for me now. Its the hardest thing I have ever had to do but hopefully it will be worth it.
Thanks for listening to my rambling..Good luck and many hugs to you.
Cheers,
Amy
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