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Have you had therapy?
by arkitaip 5y ago
Have you had therapy?
- madaxe_again 5y agoYes. They mostly wanted me to take a lot of drugs, and there was talk of experimental brain surgery, and I just don’t want any of that - whole damn process just made me more stressed and anxious - so now, I just smoke weed from when I wake to when I pass out. I’m damaged, but functional - managed to build a house with my own hands this spring, while writing an ISO27k1 ISMS, while living off grid - I don’t just sit around on the couch - hell, don’t have a couch. So yeah. Coping rather than being cured is the best many can hope for - and I’m just about coping.
- arkitaip 5y agoI'm so sorry to hear that, really. It's a shame you didn't find a better therapist, sometimes it takes a couple of tries before you find one that gets you. I hope you find a path forward where you have health and happiness.
- ghusbands 5y agoNot everyone can be "fixed", especially via therapy. Sometimes, coping is all you can aspire to.
- mrfusion 5y agoDon’t underestimate the value of lying on the couch. Also consider a hammock. Very peaceful.
- madaxe_again 5y agoOh, I have the optimal hammock, between two trees, on the riverbank - I can dangle my fingers in the water, surrounded by birdsong in dappled shade. It’s where I spent the rest of yesterday. It does get better - consciously, I’m a much happier and calmer person than I was - but whatever part of me it is that screams in their sleep and kicks me out of bed in the pre-dawn hasn’t improved one jot. I wish it would.
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