Cognitive behavioral therapy

[Blasted]

I'm gonna have to wait at least half a year before I get to the top of the waiting list anyway  :lol:

[Icequeen]

What did you have to do as part of the therapy? 

Basically little "outings", going to the library, out to eat, talking to people more...church was suggested, volunteering, etc.

Also, trying to figure out what I was feeling or suggestions for positive things to focus on in social situations.

[odeon]

My OCD is about showers/toilets

I dunno if it is actually oCD, but that's the closest that describes it

From what I know about you, it sounds like OCD.

[renaeden]

Electric shock treatment might be more appropriate.

renaeden says it worked for her.

Is she a dribbling retard now though?

No, she's quite bright.

Thanks ebmf.

I have had ECT and it is used mainly for depression that doesn't respond to other treatments. I think it saved my life to be honest.

I have had loads of CBT before as well. PMSElle explained it best, I don't really have anything to add to explain what it is. I had it for depression, anxiety and sleep problems. I have also had it for social problems but it didn't work.

BTW, I was retarded already and I drool in my sleep.

[The_Chosen_One]

I still think the best thing is to have friends you can talk things over with - sadly this isn't always possible.

[El]

I still think the best thing is to have friends you can talk things over with - sadly this isn't always possible.

Frankly, I'd agree in general for most adjustment problems (i.e. ones that aren't medically/neurologically based, rooted in really deep systemic interpersonal pathology, and/or involve some type of major safety issue), with some exceptions.  Griping about the same problem over and over can make your friends a bit sick of you, for one thing.  Your friends may have a vested interest in giving you some type of advice or steering you to a particular course of action if they're enmeshed in your problems, for another.  They may also be afraid to call you on your own bullshit for fear you'll stop liking them.  In some situations like that, counseling is prolly a decent option to consider, if only for a few sessions to sort your own thinking out.

The other thing I'd say is if you don't have many or any friends (and you want them), part of a counselor's job would be to help you figure out ways to broaden your social network- such as reducing symptoms of social anxiety, teaching social skills, or helping you process social situations.  (Or referring you to a group or some type of case management, but I don't want to digress into shop talk, lol.)

[Blasted]

They may also be afraid to call you on your own bullshit for fear you'll stop liking them.  In some situations like that, counseling is prolly a decent option to consider, if only for a few sessions to sort your own thinking out.

I'd say a few concillors are like that too to a degree, I've only had one psychotherapist be completely honest with me and tell me, literally, that I'm screwed up.  Some councillors do want to maintain a good opinion as being all supportive and such shit.  One psychotherpist I've had ages ages ago, got all offended when I told her I don't like her and asked to change to a different therapist.  She even discharged me from the clinic for saying that  :lol:

[renaeden]

^I have walked out on a therapist as well. Yours may not have been able to accept that some people don't work well together.

[Untermensch]

Has anyone had it?  Does it work?

I think I am going through what would be considered cognitive behavioral therapy with my counselor. I go through exercises me and her agree on doing it, I think a proper one would be slightly different when it came to exercises. Because I could chose which ones I thought I should do and did them at my own pace.

My arrangement with my counselor is interesting, because she had contact with a local psychologist who deals with autistic people (who was recommended by the psychiatrist I saw earlier this year).