Support for people with Depression

joblessummer12

Plushroom i went to twycross zoo, the weather was lovely to boot and at the time a baby elephant had been born two days before. was a lovely day.

It's lovely to hear your other half is being so supportive, it means alot when someone is just there for you and offering cuddles (even if its just virtual ones). just wondering have you tried skype? would save money and you can see each other, but not sure if your OH has internet access.

you keep fighting this thing hun, you''ll beat it.

Lita_Ford

joblessummer12 wrote: »

CBT - this looks at how we think (cognition) and what we do (behaviour). It also just tends to focus on the hear and now problems and how to deal with them, rather than the causes or past issues. But is away of talking about how you feel and how your actions can affect those feelings. It breaks a problem down into smaller manageable chunks for one to deal with, so that you can change your thoughts and behaviours towards it. it is also a very active therapy as you are given "homework" to do between sessions.

You can read more about this from the royal college of psyciatrists here: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/treatments/cbt.aspx

Counselling - allows you to talk about any area of you life, thoughts and feelings. you lead the session and not so much the counsellor but they do guide you (this is what i found when i was having it). By listening the counsellor can understand how you view things and try and clarify things, maybe even giving a different viewpoint. But always helping you to come to a decision rather than outright giving advice.

More on this at the british assosciation for counselling and psychotherapy here: http://www.bacp.co.uk/education/whatiscounselling.html

Psychotherapy - is another talking therapy between the therapist and client, the experience i have in particular is of psychodynamic therapy. Which focuses on past experiences and how they are affecting us today and therefore allowing you to gain a better understanding of your feelings. but they are other forms such as behavioural, and family and marital. i also find that psychotherapy is more longer term than the other two, which often has a set number of sessions your given. for example when i had counselling the set number of sessions was 12, but if your counsellor felt you needed more they could extend this.

More info here at the royal college of psychiatrist: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/treatments/psychotherapy.aspx

Each therapy has there pros and cons and will work or not work for people differently. i find what's key is to be able to build a relationship with the other person because its only then you will feel safe to open up (which pyshotherapy and counselling focus on but not sure about cbt).

hope that helps some.

Where does NLP fit in as it seems similar to CBT but is supposed to be different.

joblessummer12

I've not heard of NLP before sorry.

LadyMorticia

Heya guys. :wave:

Moods are very erratic lately, which is to be expected but still tiring and annoying nonetheless.

Am waiting on a letter from the mental health team with regards to who my Care Co-ordinator will be.
By the sounds of it, it'll be one of the two people I saw for my consultation, which suits me just fine as they were lovely.
Although, the guy had that stereotypical calming voice and Sammich wondered if he talked like that at home too. :rotfl:

Going to see "The Time Traveler's Wife" on Friday, which I'm really looking forward to. I really wanted to read the book before I saw the film but I only bought it today and it's over 500 pages long. I'm a pretty fast reader but it's one of those books I want to take slowly so that I can appreciate and enjoy it.

Welcome to boo and any other newbies. Not so good at names at the moment as my memory has gone to kaput. :rotfl:

x

Space_donkey

joblessummer12 wrote: »

I've not heard of NLP before sorry.

Neuro Linguistic Programming. It's vey good but to define how it is different from CBT I coud not:D

Sazbo

LadyMorticia wrote: »

Heya guys. :wave:

Moods are very erratic lately, which is to be expected but still tiring and annoying nonetheless.

Am waiting on a letter from the mental health team with regards to who my Care Co-ordinator will be.
By the sounds of it, it'll be one of the two people I saw for my consultation, which suits me just fine as they were lovely.
Although, the guy had that stereotypical calming voice and Sammich wondered if he talked like that at home too. :rotfl:

Going to see "The Time Traveler's Wife" on Friday, which I'm really looking forward to. I really wanted to read the book before I saw the film but I only bought it today and it's over 500 pages long. I'm a pretty fast reader but it's one of those books I want to take slowly so that I can appreciate and enjoy it.

Welcome to boo and any other newbies. Not so good at names at the moment as my memory has gone to kaput. :rotfl:

x

Hi Lady M :hello:

Good to hear from you hun:) Hope it's good news re your care coordinator - well I guess a stereotypical calming voice is better than a stereotypical irritating voice? Or do you mean it's both maybe? :rotfl:

Hope you enjoy the film and I envy your ability to read fast. I used to love reading, but it was one of the casualties of depression for me I think it is coming back tho, slowly...

Good morning lovelies :hello:

Hope everyone's doing ok. I am really tired... so nothing new there really lol. Next week's holiday can't come soon enough! Sat at my desk necking coffee at the mo, so hopefully will feel a bit more awake soon - sleeping at your desk is never a good look is it?:o :rotfl:

Take care everyone :wave:

Much love,
Sazzy xxxxxxxxxx

newlywed

Hi,
Thanks all for the cbt, counselling explanations. Not sure which would benefit OH more, guess he has to try them to find out
Just hope if one doesn't work, he doesn't dismiss them all as hopeless.

I know I'm doing better recently. Reading up about bereavement, depression etc has helped me, along with the homeopathy.

Space_donkey

newlywed wrote: »

Hi,
Thanks all for the cbt, counselling explanations. Not sure which would benefit OH more, guess he has to try them to find out
Just hope if one doesn't work, he doesn't dismiss them all as hopeless.

I know I'm doing better recently. Reading up about bereavement, depression etc has helped me, along with the homeopathy.

Glad you are doing better now:j
Bounder has posted a description of NLP vs CBT on the other thread.
Is it just me or are people getting fed up with all the bickering amongst the fashion posters? All their threads are taking over the first page of the board and sometimes making it hard for me to find you peeps.

Sazbo

Hi newly - I'd say whatever works for you go with that xx Different things work for different people and all that:) I'm sure your OH will something that works for him.

As for the fashion threads, I have to say it doesn't bother me one way or the other. I guess I'm a live and let live kinda girl...

Sx

joblessummer12

Space donkey thanks for letting me know what NLP stands for.

LadyM hope the film is good, tho the trailer seems really good. i guess cos im a doctor who fan the thought of the film seems so sweet.

Hope you have a lovely holiday sazzy, you going anywhere nice?

hope everyone has a nice day, despite the weather.