Is therapy helpful?

[spidersfrommars]

This is going to sound unbelievably cliché, and this question is probably asked a lot on here, but does therapy ACTUALLY help with anything?

I haven't been formally diagnosed with anything but I am really starting to think that what I'm struggling with is some form of anxiety. I'm too nervous to go to the doctors incase they tell me I'm being overdramatic or paranoid and partially out of fear of embarrassing myself too.

I have googled therapists near my area and would only be able to afford 3-4 sessions so I'm wondering - when money is fairly tight and I don't want my family to get involved - Is it even worth trying?

[Agora1]

spidersfrommars, Therapy has been beneficial for me. Of course we are all different

but I never gave up through the years of therapy. Yes years. At the beginning, I switched

around a little in order to find the right connection. If you and the therapist/doctor don't

relate, it's a waste of money. And each time you start over again means going through the

same painful memories.

Each time I went to the therapist, I would leave the session feeling totally wiped out. Emotionally that is. I will admit that I didn't absorb what they were telling me at the

beginning. I would start talking and then go into babble as if I couldn't get all the words

out fast enough. I later realized, it is better to listen once they know your case history.

Just prior to getting better more recently, I had an "aha" moment one day. For some

unknown reason, everything I had learned and heard from the therapist now made sense.

Apparently, even though I may have not been listening, my subconscious mind took over

and absorb all the important data that I needed in order to heal. (which I did)

So, as for your original question "Is therapy helpful?" An emphatic yes from me. xx

[BetterDays14]

Yes it really is .

[kevinloveslen]

Hello Spiders from mars,

My name is Kevin and I have been suffering from severe depression due to a fall that left me bedridden and in horrific pain seven years ago this May. Three years ago, this month I was hospitalized due to suicidal ideation because of a pathetic lack of effective pain management. All that written, I have participated in behavioral-based therapy with a psychologist (non-MD…just PhD) and cognitive therapy with a psychiatrist (MD). Neither one of them did anything more for me than talking through my day with my wife or praying and reading the bible / meditating on scripture. I don’t know what your spiritual beliefs are, but I really have found a tremendous amount of peace at the foot of the cross. I wish you the best and will pray for you.