Posted by fallsfall on December 1, 2005, at 12:28:28
In reply to Never known CBT to worsen a single person, posted by UgottaHaveHope on November 30, 2005, at 22:50:36
I spent 8 1/2 years in CBT, and on a pile of meds. Now I'm in Psychodynamic therapy and after 2 1/2 years things are starting to get better. I find that we are working to undo thought patterns and ideas that became entrenched during my 8 1/2 years of CBT (such as "I must be depressed" and "I can be the BEST depressed person around").
This doesn't say that I didn't learn useful things in CBT. I did. But it wasn't the answer for me, and continuing it as long as I did meant that I wasn't getting OTHER help that I desperately needed. So, in a way, it did make me worse (I got accustomed to being depressed), and it prevented me from getting better (since I was in CBT therapy I thought I was doing all that I could to get better).
That said, CBT is very helpful for a lot of people.
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