Black Dog of Depression - can we help each other?

absolutebounder

crazy_girl wrote: »

I ****ing hate the people at early intervention team! i got a call last week from a CBT therapist saying that my care co-ordinator had referred me for CBT. i explained to him that i had already been discharged from early intervention as they have come to the conclusion that my voices and paranoia etc. are not due to psychosis. i get a letter from the guy arranging an appointment for today. he turns up, asks me a ton of questions for over an hour as if hes doing an initial assesment then says he cant come again as ive not got a worker in the early intervention team!!!!! why waste my flipping time then?!

What wouldnt have happened if he didnt waste your time?

crazy_girl

absolutebounder wrote: »

What wouldnt have happened if he didnt waste your time?

i wouldnt have had to rush back from dropping my pup off at the vets
i wouldnt have gotten really stressed about him coming
i wouldnt have had to answered loads of difficult questions about myself to a person who will be doing jack all with the answers
i wouldnt have had to go through that without my hubby or pup there for comfort
i wouldnt have ended up really peed off and in tears

absolutebounder

crazy_girl wrote: »

i wouldnt have had to rush back from dropping my pup off at the vets
i wouldnt have gotten really stressed about him coming
i wouldnt have had to answered loads of difficult questions about myself to a person who will be doing jack all with the answers
i wouldnt have had to go through that without my hubby or pup there for comfort
i wouldnt have ended up really peed off and in tears

You have misunderstood the question. If he hadnt wasted your time what wouldnt have happened?

crazy_girl

sorry the double negatives confused me, what exactly are you asking me please?

crazy_girl

...im very easy to confuse! im not exactly the brightest button in the box!

UN17ED

black_paw wrote: »

unfortunately these days ,you can not believe a lot, what is written on threads ...as some people make up a load of **** on here.we are not specialist's on any subject ,and can not advice other people what to do...what works for us .may not work for other's.if you want to know more it's best to google it! or go to loacal pain clinic for advice.

Oh right okay. Are you talking about people on this thread? Or MSE forums altogehter?
Just Errata said that it wasnt ominous so he/she must know what it is and seeing as this thread is here for us to help each other then he/she could tell me.

UN17ED

crazy_girl wrote: »

...im very easy to confuse! im not exactly the brightest button in the box!

I know where you are coming from it is so easy to get confused.

UN17ED

Cant sleep, got a trillion and one things thrashing around my head.
I am anxious as to what this cognitive therapy is and if it isnt bad why am I being told to google about it.

jazabelle

You're being told to google it because you're asking what it is/questions about it. Why not just google it and find out what it is first. You can't be that bothered to find out - googling takes about two seconds. You could even just read the wiki page to get a general gist of it, or the NHS page which you know will be more reliable. Here, I'll take the difficult typing part of it out.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/therapies/cognitivebehaviouraltherapy.aspx

People come here for support because of a difficult illness, not to spend time educating others.

soolin

UN17ED wrote: »

So have you had this therapy? or know someone who has?
Isnt this forum and particularly this thread a reliable source?

This forum is just for support, not for actual information. The only way to know what a course of treatment will entail is to ask a clinician. Talk to your GP or to the medic that has referred you to treatment as what others have experienced is personal to them and may not affect you in the same way. Anecdotal information is not a substitute for proper clinical input.

We are all mindful of the MSE rule and whilst it might not strictly apply to a course of treatment it must be adhered to:

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