Posted by gabbix2 on January 3, 2003, at 14:41:45
In reply to Re: I agree with johnj » syringachalet, posted by ZeeZee on January 3, 2003, at 13:28:37
I agree, cognitive therapy may well help one
learn to live with it, may even prevent a relapse, still one is filtering the information
through a depression "lense", and the results are going to reflect that
To help ones self during a depression sounds great, however when the depression becomes a fungus which has become entertwined with the entire plant you have very little of your original 'self' to help.
What I percieve, is a great part of "me" and when my perception is negatively altered I still feel I'm seeing the truth. I can't talk myself into thinking I'm not anxious, or terribly depressed any more then I can convince myself the apple I'm eating tastes like roast beef. Its the way my brain is wired at the time.
Benzodiazepines are not an 'answer'to everything I don't think anyone claims they are. They have
however saved me from indescribable anxiety which would only have pitched me headlong into another depression, reducing my sense of control even further. Until there is an answer I'll take it.
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