The black dog
Sep. 17th, 2009 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieFrom a psychotherapy referral website I'm using to find a new counsellor:
Depression is one of the most common reasons that people seek therapy.
It is a chronic ‘down’ mood takes the lustre out of life, and includes feelings of worthlessness and incompetence, physical debility and fatigue, loss of libido, increased irritability, difficulty sleeping, lack of interest in life, poor appetite, increased anxiety, thoughts of suicide, and lack of hope.
...these people find that they tend to work hard to be good but are never satisfied with their own efforts. The result can be chronic perfectionism, dissatisfaction, morbid introspection, emotional withdrawal from others. Their anger turns inward and takes its toll on their ability to experience happiness or joy in life with others.
Many depressed people feel that they cannot connect with other human beings in an intimate and meaningful way. Their lives are missing the warmth, affection, trust or support that they need. They feel empty, weak, helpless and despairing.
This is what it's like for me. I hope it helps people understand - I'm not negative on purpose, it's just really difficult to see anything else.
One email sent, let's see about the rest.
Edit: Make that three. Three's a good start, right?
Depression is one of the most common reasons that people seek therapy.
It is a chronic ‘down’ mood takes the lustre out of life, and includes feelings of worthlessness and incompetence, physical debility and fatigue, loss of libido, increased irritability, difficulty sleeping, lack of interest in life, poor appetite, increased anxiety, thoughts of suicide, and lack of hope.
...these people find that they tend to work hard to be good but are never satisfied with their own efforts. The result can be chronic perfectionism, dissatisfaction, morbid introspection, emotional withdrawal from others. Their anger turns inward and takes its toll on their ability to experience happiness or joy in life with others.
Many depressed people feel that they cannot connect with other human beings in an intimate and meaningful way. Their lives are missing the warmth, affection, trust or support that they need. They feel empty, weak, helpless and despairing.
This is what it's like for me. I hope it helps people understand - I'm not negative on purpose, it's just really difficult to see anything else.
One email sent, let's see about the rest.
Edit: Make that three. Three's a good start, right?
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Date: 2009-09-17 10:37 pm (UTC)And chiming in with the chorus, but email is not a cop-out. It wouldn't be available if it was not a valid way of contacting for information.