Tag: therapy

Black Dog & Meds & Nature & Other Stuff

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Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss depression this week. They talk about their own personal experiences with it, their first exposure to the concept of “depression”, how much therapeutic language has crept into everything, whether we’ve pathologized a lot of behavior that’s somewhat normal in order to be able to prescribe medication, why two drug addicts were both resistant to prescribed pharmaceuticals, and their Factory Settings around medication for depression. They also discuss what being on anti-depressants feels like, the red flags they’ve noticed when they’re slipping into a depressive state, psychiatrists vs psychologists, how depression can lie to you in your own voice, the feeling of hopelessness and inability to do the things you know you need to be doing in order to feel better, and the importance of asking for help.

https://bridgetphetasy.substack.com/p/-factory-settings-30

All I want to do is to get this out there and create a discussion

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Another reason that I bring this up relates back to imposter syndrome. For me, I can whole-heartedly say the not knowing if I am “doing this right” concept perpetuates my anxiety. We go through years of education and endless hours of practice and at the end of it we still don’t know if we are doing it right.

https://strugglesoftherapy.wordpress.com/2021/10/20/does-this-really-work

I started IOP again!

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Intensive outpatient therapy that is. And in there we usually snap when people say something awesome, but I can’t snap so I clap. So, again, a round of applause for identifying the fact that I need therapy and that therapy is awesome, and cool, and needed, and fun, and wonderful, and amazing, and super, and amazing, and […].

https://missmostlymindful.home.blog/2021/03/05/love-yourself-enough-to-take-care-of-yourself

I personally think therapy can do good for everyone

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Sometimes you just need a person to listen and not bombard you with advice and opinions. It’s not a place where you get put in a room with bright white light and you get forced to speak. It’s a safe environment where you can open up without feeling harmed or judged.

https://pyschology717908508.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/therapy-is-for-only-crazy-people

I’m going to explain a few coping methods professional therapists and psychologists recommend

Keywords: anxiety , borderlinepersonalitydisorder , bpd , depression , mentalhealth , mentalillness , mentalwellbeing

Those who have had some level of therapy like CBT and DBT will probably recognise some of these coping mechanisms. A lot of them stem from the idea of grounding and mindfulness. I know many people have strong opinions for or against mindfulness, but I ask if you can try them and see what helps. All of these methods hopefully can help you in situations where your mental wellbeing isn’t okay and can help make changes to build a life worth living.

https://anxietysugar.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/coping-mechanisms-and-grounding-methods