Posted by twinleaf on May 24, 2008, at 10:19:13
In reply to Re: Depression vent, posted by Emily Elizabeth on May 23, 2008, at 19:56:39
I've had about an 8-10 year battle with depression, and have only really been making progress against it in the past year. The key variable for me was the right therapist; I have taken about 15 medications, and although they almost all seemed to help some initially, none were very helpful in the long run. ( I have tried almost all the classes except the MAOIs, and I was a chicken about those). But finding the really right "good match" therapist was a godsend- not right away, but life has been slowly, steadily getting better in the 15 months since I began seeing him.
It sounds as though you have found an excellent match, also. Maybe with him it's safe enough to begin to feel how awful it was to have a mother like the one you had- have. That could involve a lot of tremendous grief and mourning.
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