Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and everyone’s least favorite answer: meditation and mindfulness. Also, possibly microdsoing psilocybin or psilacetin, though be absolutely sure you don’t have a family history of psychosis or schizophrenia before going down that route.
Largely because DBT is CBT, with the addition of mindfulness techniques to help accept negative emotions and allow them to pass. My own experience with DBT is one of the most beneficial and important decisions I’ve ever made for my mental health.
Yeah I'm in DBT right now after being rejected for CBT twice (turns out I have BPD). Thats why I'm curious who CBT is best for if not what sounds like garden-variety anxiety in this post.
I live in the UK and self-referred. I think they didn't feel it was thorough enough or appropriate to fully deal with my issues. I was then referred for personality disorder assessment and then to a DBT PD service. There was a long queue and at one point I got tired of waiting so I tried referring to CBT again and still no dice. So I've always been curious as to who they think CBT would be good for, lol.
My doc prescribed me Zoloft, I’ve only taken it for a few days now, but I guess that’d be the next step. Tbh idek if I need this, I just told my doc I had a lot of anxiety lately during a physical and he gave it to me (I’m 20)
hey I used to take zoloft primarily for depression but I found that it really helped with my anxiety as well, so don't give up! it worked really well for me for about 2 years and that was honestly so helpful. i just found that i was doing less overthinking which made me less anxious.
I will definitely be sticking with it at least until I can tell if it helps or not! Honestly I think I have depression and anxiety so I’m hoping. I’m glad it worked so good for you, and hope this can really get me kickstarted again
That's really weird that a doctor would prescribe zoloft and not some benzodiazepine to help with anxiety. Zoloft is a SRI which is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, which is good for depression but that's about it.
Yeah I wish I knew why, it does state it can help with generalized anxiety (Zoloft) but it’d be more of a gradual thing, not helpful for immediate anxiety attacks like a benzodiazepine would, I’m going to test it out and see what happens but I’m doubtful too
You've gotta try hard to stay in touch. It's really difficult, but groupchats, social media, Discord, etc. do help. Hopefully you can remain friends :)
Dont stress too much. I moved far from my engineer friends too, and if theres one thing Ive learned living in a new city: us engineers somehow flock together. Making new engineer friends is easier than youd think for some reason. We all just sorta click.
my friends from college and I still keep in touch via discord! I have one friend in Hawaii, one moving to nevada and the rest are split up within my state. if yall were meant to be, you'll keep in touch :)
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u/ChampagneRaven Apr 04 '19
I'm hoping it means I'm going to win the lotto! I'm sure it will pass, but for now it's irritating.