Posted by emmanuel98 on September 12, 2010, at 19:34:37
In reply to Re: CBT made me much worse, actually., posted by violette on September 12, 2010, at 12:38:08
I think CBT is good for certain disorders, not others. In a situation like Vincent's, just having someone to reassure him that he will not die, is not having a heart attack, can manage his anxiety and to give him constructive exercises to manage panic would be most helpful. Dynamic therapy isn't much use to people who are in the throes of deep anxiety and panic. The symptoms need to be dealt with first. CBT is very helpful for panic attacks and for OCD. Not so good for other things.
When I've been hosptialized we did a lot of CBT groups and I also felt like they were saying -- you just need to snap out of it. If I could have snapped out of severe depression, I wouuld have and I was hard enough on myself and my friends and family were urging me to just snap out of it, so I didn't find CBT very helpful for that at all.
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