I am considering therapy but I don’t want to waste my time is they can’t really help me…my main issue is psychosis/delusions/hallucinations…etc. Helpful?
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I have no symptoms but now that I’m on meds delusions seem dumb to me like it all makes sense .
Therapy helped me. They just give you things to think about. It worked for me
You have to be prepared to make changes for it to work. I decided it wasn’t for me, and I quit it.
I start group therapy on Wednesday week…im gonna give it a shot…at the very least I expect to find myself not alone…that in itself is a good thing
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It is when you have recovered somewhat but not in severe stages of this illness, unfortunately,
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Due to my isolation it helps to have someone to check in with.
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I was in a stage which I was so numb which I couldn’t even feel the presence of someone else, I was a total zombie, I tried therapy but it had no effect even a bit, yes you are right, its nice to have someone to check in with, wish you nice days ahead,
yea expressing your emotions and guilts in therapy can be useful
Therapy helps me a lot, but you also have to find the right therapist.
I started group therapy last week at least I’m not spending time at home by myself all day. So far I think it is going to work
I find therapy to be very helpful. I do cbt about once a month.
It just helps to be able to talk about your issues. And also they try to teach you better coping skills along the way. Sometimes they give me sheets to track my symptoms and other times they just give me ideas that i can try to work on.
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Thanks for the insight I’m been considering CBT. We talked about it in group today. So when I see my pdoc I’m going to ask him about it
I think therapy is beneficial to most persons with MI. Each person puts in their efforts, and each result is different. I read through the posts, and see validity in each.
Do you want to change, or find more appropriate coping skills, or even to learn more about your illness? If yes, therapy is for you. It may be awkward, at first. You may have to go through a few therapists to find one that’s for you.
I hope this is clear as mud lol
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It would absolutely be helpful. If I were you, I would go for it. It’s definitely helped me a lot.
It helped when all I had was bipolar, but it doesn’t really help much as a schizoaffective person. The therapy doesn’t really lessen the symptoms.
Therapy really helps me. I have schizophrenia, PTSD, and anxiety. I mostly focus on trauma recovery in therapy. The benefits of therapy largely depend on the therapist you have, and on your own willingness to do the homework.
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My pnurse is pushing for therapy. I think the same that Dr. Cawley (from the movie shutter island), that is: if you try and understand a patient, you just might reach him.
Therapy helps me cuz I need good advice and I talk about my problems to deal with them and my family has a hard time listening to me about it. It just makes everything easier on my family. Plus my psychologist kept telling me what baby steps to take and steered me in the right direction toward recovery. He and my psychiatrist believed in me even when I didn’t and neither did my family. I have a good family but after struggling through college while developing schizophrenia we all thought I was just too disabled to accomplish much of anything.
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