bee33 wrote:
In my experience, CBT has not been helpful. That's not to say it can't help someone else, of course. CBT is based on changing your negative, automatic thoughts and assumptions that lead you to tell yourself that things will never work out, that you are worthless, or whatever else you might be telling yourself that is making you more anxious and depressed. My problem is that I didn't have these thoughts and was actually quite rational in assessing my own situation and my environment, so having a therapist insist that my thinking was wrong was not just unhelpful, it was infuriating. (And yes, I know how it sounds... that I actually was wrong in my thinking but was too stubborn to let go of it.)
I strongly agree with that. CBT has neither been of any real help to me either. Having my thoughts screened by someone else brings up quite a bit of anxiety, and I would frequently basically shut down and not being able to speak (I think due to selective mutism, however I have no diagnoses).
07 Apr 2011, 3:37 pm
