This was true to my experience. The anti-depressants were successful in numbing the pain and they arguably did their job (they kept me going in the absence of t

This was true to my experience. The anti-depressants were successful in numbing the pain and they arguably did their job (they kept me going in the absence of the support I really needed). The several years of psychotherapy and development of some very warm and loving friendships that then followed has allowed much deeper change to happen. The importance of connection and trust, at least from my experience, cannot be stressed enough.