Help A cognitive behavioral therapy

[catotoctb]

Well, i've heard of it. People on the internet says that a cognitive behavioral psychologist made their lives change for the better that no other medication or psychoanalyst did before. It seems like a fairytale to me but i want to believe.

I've heard of it from a relative of me, but as far as i know, he goes there only to have a ryithm on life. In my case, i really need my life back.

Does anyone went to a cognitive behavioral therapist? How is it? Does it helps you to solve problems that for you to solve alone is impossible?

 

[SexyIncél]

Are you a native Spanish speaker? If so, the English term is "cognitive behavioral therapy" or CBT. (Otherwise most English speakers won't understand)

 

[catotoctb]

Are you a native Spanish speaker? If so, the English term is "cognitive behavioral therapy" or CBT. (Otherwise most English speakers won't understand)

Oh i'm really sorry! Yes, i'm spanish speaker. Thank you for that.
Here it's 'cognitivo-conductual' so i translated it as it's written hahaha. I'll update that correctly. Again, thank you.

 

[cgrtt.brns]

i had cbt for anxiety for a few years as a teenager and while i did learn some useful or insightful things and it was nice to have that routine and being able to talk to someone about things regularly (similar to your relative im guessing), i personally didnt find it helpful or like it "solved" or "fixed" my anxiety, it was definitely not life changing. however this may be because i am autistic, cbt is known for not rly working for autistic ppl, a lot of the skills just dont work for me. i still have a whole folder full of work sheets and stuff i should probably look through it again. if it would be helpful for you i could dig them out and see if i can kind of summarise some of it to give you an idea of what i learned. but it depends what you need out of it, like mine was specifically for anxiety so idk if it would fit with depression or whatever you want to work on, but they might have similar kind of overall ideas if that makes sense? sorry im awful at explaining lol
ive been told recently that i should try cbt again but specialised for people with adhd, so idk if that might be different but im skeptical.
if its something that you can easily access it wouldnt hurt to give it a go, i dont regret doing it even though it didnt rly help, if anything it was good to find out it didnt work so i could try something else instead of never having known if that makes sense. nothing works for everyone, you might find it helps or you might find it doesnt, the only way to find out is to try it.

 

[catotoctb]

i had cbt for anxiety for a few years as a teenager and while i did learn some useful or insightful things and it was nice to have that routine and being able to talk to someone about things regularly (similar to your relative im guessing), i personally didnt find it helpful or like it "solved" or "fixed" my anxiety, it was definitely not life changing. however this may be because i am autistic, cbt is known for not rly working for autistic ppl, a lot of the skills just dont work for me. i still have a whole folder full of work sheets and stuff i should probably look through it again. if it would be helpful for you i could dig them out and see if i can kind of summarise some of it to give you an idea of what i learned. but it depends what you need out of it, like mine was specifically for anxiety so idk if it would fit with depression or whatever you want to work on, but they might have similar kind of overall ideas if that makes sense? sorry im awful at explaining lol
ive been told recently that i should try cbt again but specialised for people with adhd, so idk if that might be different but im skeptical.
if its something that you can easily access it wouldnt hurt to give it a go, i dont regret doing it even though it didnt rly help, if anything it was good to find out it didnt work so i could try something else instead of never having known if that makes sense. nothing works for everyone, you might find it helps or you might find it doesnt, the only way to find out is to try it.

Thank you! You explained it perfectly for me.
I didn't know that there were specific fields in the cbt. In the city i live, it's rare to even find one person that focuses on that branch of therapy and when you find it (which i did) it's so expensive (more than a psychoalanyst) so i need to be sure if that will fit with my problems.

Thank you for your advice, you have encouraged me to even give it a try, might be insignificant, but i need it because i feel so down lately that i'm not capable of taking decisions by myself. I hope you find a cbt specialised with adhd.

 

[cgrtt.brns]

i really hope you find it worth it, the price of therapy is such an unfair barrier for so many people :( im glad i could help somewhat, i wish you all the best <3 and thank you :)

 

[dead_milky]

It depends on the person, I suppose. I've tried it.

Well, the most important thing to know is that this specific kind of therapy is going to take a lot of your effort and input. It's interesting in the sense it's really based off your solo work outside of therapy sessions. It's a good tool to notice patterns in your mentality and solve them, recognise your triggers etc.

now, it didn't help ME personally. But that's because even my therapists said they can't do anything without me being on psychotropic meds. that being said, I have friends who have managed to recover or at least drop toxic habits like sh or excessive drinking. One friend said she wasn't suicidal, she stopped sh, got over her alcoholism and impulsiveness. So if you feel it could serve you, it certainly can if you put in the work.