I was wondering if anyone else had had positive experiences with therapy helping them deal with their CD or even, in some cases, having it help their disease.
I know for me personally, therapy was one of the turning points in getting through my first year after diagnosis. I was in the hospital a couple of times, couldn't work because I was too sick, and my well being was far from well. I was living under a pile of stress, I couldn't even have a normal conversation because I lived in constant fear of stress, perceived and real.
Every day I needed drugs to wake up, to go to sleep, to get through the day, to not freak out over a friend coming to visit. In therapy, I learned a lot of things that work for me, new ways to deal with stress and even ways to express it other than keeping it inside and letting it fester.
While I still keep my prescriptions filled for xanax and ambien, I went from needing them every day for what felt like forever to needing them maybe one or twice a month, if that. Some times are harder than others, of course, but I feel like therapy really made a difference in my treatment.
Has anyone else had this experience? Or perhaps a bad one? Has therapy or drugs for your mental state positively influenced your physical state?
-Kathryn
I know for me personally, therapy was one of the turning points in getting through my first year after diagnosis. I was in the hospital a couple of times, couldn't work because I was too sick, and my well being was far from well. I was living under a pile of stress, I couldn't even have a normal conversation because I lived in constant fear of stress, perceived and real.
Every day I needed drugs to wake up, to go to sleep, to get through the day, to not freak out over a friend coming to visit. In therapy, I learned a lot of things that work for me, new ways to deal with stress and even ways to express it other than keeping it inside and letting it fester.
While I still keep my prescriptions filled for xanax and ambien, I went from needing them every day for what felt like forever to needing them maybe one or twice a month, if that. Some times are harder than others, of course, but I feel like therapy really made a difference in my treatment.
Has anyone else had this experience? Or perhaps a bad one? Has therapy or drugs for your mental state positively influenced your physical state?
-Kathryn