Posted by Dinah on November 20, 2010, at 7:00:49
In reply to Re: Borderline treatment, posted by ralphrost2 on November 18, 2010, at 13:57:19
From my point of view, there is no virtue in accepting unnecessary suffering. In my point of view, there is virtue in being the best you you can be. Contributing as much as you can to the world around you.
If you feel that you are unable to do that because of the pain, I think that you ought not accept that at all.
Therapy can help definitely, but if I were you, I'd get a second opinion as to whether medications would help. Therapy helped me much more once I had suitable meds on board.
Any psychiatrist who told me my poor quality of life and suffering was just part of life would see nothing but my back. That is a personal philosophy that I would not accept as sound medical advice without at least a second opinion from another medical doctor. Both you and the people in your world deserve better than to accept that which need not be accepted.
(The pdoc from h*ll pushed meds, but he also believed that some aspects of my pain couldn't be treated by medications. The pdoc I saw briefly in between had a similar point of view. My next pdoc promptly found medications that helped my pain. With those medication I was able to fully appreciate gains from psychotherapy.)
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