Black Dog of Depression - can we help each other?

absolutebounder

crazy_girl wrote: »

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

Sorry been working away. The question was designed to get you thinking out of the box. people with depression tend not to like uncertainty but when you have a problem if you look at certainty (in the box) you will probbably come up with a mish mash of known annswers that dont solve the problem whereas if you go into the world of uncertainty (out of the box) you may find the answers. I swap the word uncertainty for possibility. I could have asked what would have happened if he hadnt wasted your time but that leads to obvious answers.

weenickieS

crazy_girl wrote: »

We are in a similar boat, I'm 26 and have been ill since I was about 19. I have OCD pretty badly, dysthmia and poss personality disorder.

I start CBT tomorrow and psychotherapy on 18th nov, ill keep you updated as to how they go as they might work for you too?

Sorry, i havent been on here for a while.
That would be great if you could let me know how you get on.


I have received a letter saying i have an appointment for an initial assessment. What exactly happens at this? I was told i'd be going to anxiety management. Confused(easily done lol).

crazy_girl

absolutebounder wrote: »

Sorry been working away. The question was designed to get you thinking out of the box. people with depression tend not to like uncertainty but when you have a problem if you look at certainty (in the box) you will probbably come up with a mish mash of known annswers that dont solve the problem whereas if you go into the world of uncertainty (out of the box) you may find the answers. I swap the word uncertainty for possibility. I could have asked what would have happened if he hadnt wasted your time but that leads to obvious answers.

im so sorry i am so thick, i still dont get what youre saying

crazy_girl

weenickieS wrote: »

Sorry, i havent been on here for a while.
That would be great if you could let me know how you get on.


I have received a letter saying i have an appointment for an initial assessment. What exactly happens at this? I was told i'd be going to anxiety management. Confused(easily done lol).

most initial assesments ive had have been teh same, you answer a load of questions either orally or on a questionnaire.

the CBT isnt going ahead anymore, the guy came and wasted my time and got me all het up by doing an initial assesment then said he couldnt come again as i dont have a care co ordinator anymore!

i will report back on the psychotherapy

System

why do you need a care-co ordinator to have CBT? (what is a cre co ordinator anyway?) i've had 2 sessions so far and i dont think i have one.

Coincidently is it just me who feels CBT/counselling/psychotherpy is like opening Pandora's Box? I'm not sure i want to know whats inside my head sometimes

dmg24

crazy_girl wrote: »

im so sorry i am so thick, i still dont get what youre saying

You are not thick crazy_girl. absolutebounder likes to challenge peoples thinking about their depression, and whilst I am sure it is well intentioned, it often isn't suitable when somebody is really low. I know when I am at my worst it is difficult enough to decide whether to get out of bed, let alone people asking me silly questions!

scousechris

I Saw this thread and thought of my Father In Law. He stated the other day that a man he knows is having to take tablets as he sees a black dog at the end of his path every morning and apparently it is not there..... I think he got the wrong end of the stick somehow....

UN17ED

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

why do you need a care-co ordinator to have CBT? (what is a cre co ordinator anyway?) i've had 2 sessions so far and i dont think i have one.

Coincidently is it just me who feels CBT/counselling/psychotherpy is like opening Pandora's Box? I'm not sure i want to know whats inside my head sometimes

You are right, left my last session feeling angry and just wanted to go home and sleep.

UN17ED

My weekend has been awful, constant headache and constant feeling like rubbish and not a use to anyone.
I feel like I make everyones lives worse for being around me.

dmg24

scousechris wrote: »

I Saw this thread and thought of my Father In Law. He stated the other day that a man he knows is having to take tablets as he sees a black dog at the end of his path every morning and apparently it is not there..... I think he got the wrong end of the stick somehow....

I'm trying to work out if your post was supposed to be funny or not?

I believe the black dog reference goes back to Churchill, who described his own depression as such.