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CBT staring tomorrow, feel like not going........

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cbt is starting tommorrow for me at my local mental health unit and ive waiting a long time for it but i feel the longing for it has gone.......i waited a year and a half!!!!!!! maybe i feel this way becouse im feeling rough i think i have some stomach bug or something. anyway i will have to take some tablets and just hope for the best............thats if i can stay out of the toilet for long enough to actually do any cbt! what confuses me is im only allowed six sessions and i just dont see how we are going to cover all my issues in that time. each session is only one hour at a time and he looks old enough to order from the childrens menu and thats saying something cos im only 32!

hope you are all well, glad whywhy and cookie are back, i missed your garden party again but beleive me you wouldnt have wanted me there.......i would have been the one in the bushes with a bucket:) has anyone had cbt and what was your experience/outcome like?

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cbt traings worth a bash, the long exasperating wait maybe worth it, worth turning up your not happy you can leave

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Pickle165 in reply tohhmmaa1

have you had cbt?

I can understand after such a long wait you now feeling this way & a year and a half , flipping heck that's a long long wait

And I have to totally agree 6 sessions isn't very long

I had some one come to see me & they thought 6 sessions would not even touch the surface with me , so they decided to refer me to a physcologist instead , waiting on the list but with them you can go for longer

Have you CBT , then even though I no it will help , if you feel its not enough , tell them

You will do this ,I have every faith in you , will be thinking about you & looking for your post to see how you went on

Good Luck

Love

whywhy

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serenity1

Hi, Ive had counselling, some sort of talking therapy and more recently psychology input. I have found all of them useful but like you say, 6 weeks isnt enough to sort a lifetime of anxiety out. Its a start though .. as long as you are over your bug..

Good luck...

:-)

Hi

I've had CBT, its worth a go, definately and if its helping you should get some more sessions shortly afterwards, hopefully.,

Its no biggy though, let it all out, tell the truth as best you can, and you may be surprised what a young one knows as he should be well up on the symptoms you will describe, and will have some coping strategies for you to work with.

All the best tomorrow,

B

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thanks guys, i know its naughty of me really to think he wont be much cop cos hes young. x

Hi Sam I started with cbt last year but at the second session she said I needed more input so I was referred to psychological services and am going through therapy with them. I would attend especially given the long wait. 6 sessions is standard I think but I was told that more can be bought ( by them not you) they don't like to but you need whatever you need. Give it a try and try as best you can to tell them as much as you can and they should come up with a plan suited to you. Let us know how you get on love eve x

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Eve can I ask how you are finding it as I think this is what I am waiting for

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Hi whywhy yes of course x my sessions have been one to one with a therapist. I was so nervous and had to get there by myself but it has been so worthwhile. I'm about to go for my last session today. I can talk separately later in a bit more detail if it helps you. I'm dealing with PTSD and anxiety/depression yippee what fun we are all having xxx

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Right , I am waiting to see a phycologist , something that after all these years I have never seen one of these before , everything else but none one of these , its a long waiting list though

I have GAD , health anxiety , meds anxiety , cant get out , OCD , I will stop there at that as it doesn't make me sound very good does it :-D

Yes if you would like to give me more details would be nice to see what I might be facing eventually

Hope you are having a good day

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I had CBT last summer - group sessions - which made me feel very anxious. But I went with an open mind and it DID help a bit. It was 12 sessions, 2 hours a time. It opened up a lot of memories I would rather not have had surface again, but I can now talk about some of the issues without becoming a wreck. Others - I can't see me ever being at peace with them.

One thing CBT did give me was the confidence to tell people NO when they made demands and wanted me to do things for them.

And with it being group sessions I saw how others coped - or didnt.

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