
Aahbut
Well-known member
I started a course of CBT today on the NHS. To be honest my initial thoughts were that it sounded rather new age, but I'm not getting better so I am going to go for it. My therapist is really nice, and very quiet. It seems odd that she is a therapist as she almost seems shy.
Basically she puts questions to you, generally hypothetical and helps to arrive at your own answer. This was easy, took no effort at all and I have to be honest I didn't see the point. Then about thirty minutes in things began to fall in to place. Suddenly I knew what was causing my anxiety, though there was no way it was going to stop it, but I can see how CBT works now.
The therapist said that it was going so well because I was being so honest. I had made my mind up this was going to have to be the route when I initially had to see a psychiatrist. I'm sure that we all have a skeleton hiding someplace, and I thought that maybe the problem was hiding behind it if you get what I mean.
I have five more sessions of CBT and then more sessions of something I forget the name of.

Basically she puts questions to you, generally hypothetical and helps to arrive at your own answer. This was easy, took no effort at all and I have to be honest I didn't see the point. Then about thirty minutes in things began to fall in to place. Suddenly I knew what was causing my anxiety, though there was no way it was going to stop it, but I can see how CBT works now.
The therapist said that it was going so well because I was being so honest. I had made my mind up this was going to have to be the route when I initially had to see a psychiatrist. I'm sure that we all have a skeleton hiding someplace, and I thought that maybe the problem was hiding behind it if you get what I mean.
I have five more sessions of CBT and then more sessions of something I forget the name of.
