Posted by corafree on March 25, 2006, at 1:02:16
In reply to Re: HAVE A SUICIDE PLAN » SLS, posted by corafree on March 24, 2006, at 4:15:07
Scott:
You were the last to post on my thread and I'm following another thread you are posting on that's very interesting.
When at first you asked if I felt guilty, I thought 'duh ? of course !', but then I realized you were really serious. Hope didn't dodge the question or confuse.
I went thru DBT until we came to Interpersonal Relationships, which I began to sorely dreaded, and fortunately, the group broke up at that very same time. So much for DBT. I'll have to say I did learn some good skills for handling stress. I was instructed to actually call my T and have her 'talk me down' if I was feeling suicidal.
I've had grief counseling after Dad passed away. About 4th-5th session, to my surprise, we were going to do a timeline; beginning w/ the first time we felt 'any sort of grief'. I never went back or completed all the sessions. I should have and prob' still can. The T was a marvelous counselor and would take time for everyone one-on-one.
Do you think CBT would work well for someone w/ terrible back pain, excruciating migraine like headaches, and memory difficulties? You need those faculties to be pretty sharp, for CBT to work, right?
I'm going to talk w/ my new T (when meet her) re: revisiting my past and possibly doing a timeline. I'm not sure I'm well enough or strong enough or aware enough to gain much from the 'thought therapy' common today.
I do take total responsibility for my decisions, so don't ever feel anything you may suggest would come back at ya'. In reading your posts, I can tell you look at things from all angles and that's doesn't come easy to me.
Anyway, if you have time, maybe you could babble me. Or can you not babble if you're not a babbler?
I just opened the 'rat study' page and it's scary; don't have to wonder, think many lives have been hurt. I hope science is moving forward, fast.
If a drug might develop into a full blown illness/disease, because it is given to a person predisposed to develop that particular illness/disease, how can that be good?
I ask because I think it's likely a psychiatric med I've taken in my life has changed me in some way forever. Which one, or two, and how, I can only hope my children will know some day.
Maybe I should try and stay off another AD; just take my trazodone for sleep. My T would have to be 'a darn good one'.
bestwishes,cf
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