Posted by Larry Hoover on May 13, 2006, at 8:24:57
In reply to Re: llrrrpp and LarH » Larry Hoover, posted by madeline on May 10, 2006, at 17:50:16
> I also think that the relationship that you form with your therapist helps to alleviate depression.
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> Evolutionarily, I think we are hard wired to bond with people and for a lot of us, those bonds didn't form correctly or were interrupted etc...
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> Loneliness is so common in depression.I'm sure that's also a big part of a successful therapeutic relationship. But, my guy didn't just hang a shingle. He spend five (or more) years learning how to do what he does.
I love to talk about my life with my friends, but the kind of stuff I needed to work on was not the substance that I would impose on any friendship. It would have been unfriendly to even begin.
Therapists serve a new role. One not anticipated by our social evolution, I would think.
> When we begin to relate with our T's, then I really think that there is a physiological response that sort of "soothes and stimulates" our brain, because that relation is such a natural thing for humans to do.
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> I think this is why the drugs and the therapy work so well together, the physiology, psychology and pharmacology all come into synch.Absolutely so.
I'm not going to be able to ignore, though, the fact that it was my therapist who helped me to see the precise effects of my atypical childhood period.
I agree with all you have said, but at least in my case, there is a lot more to it.
Lar
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