Does therapy work?

[Anonymous]

I'd like to know your experiences with therapists or psychologists.

I've noticed that I have some internal issues that I'm not really sure how to address. My self esteem is pretty low and I have a tendency to take everything (even compliments) the wrong way and react to them in an exagerrated manner. (My dad said I was annoying because I keep dyeing my hair and I cried really hard. My partner said I was pretty but I always get angry and accusing him of lying.) I also have a tendency of trying to control my partner. (Told him to delete all girls from Facebook, told him he can't talk to me about his mother or sisters, he can't talk to other females while I'm around etc.) I get angry over little things. I get really sad over little things. I punch myself in the head and face when I'm upset with myself.

I know these behaviors aren't healthy so I want help. I went to a psychiatrist a few months ago and I wasn't diagnosed with anything but she suggested therapy. From your experiences, do you think therapy would help lessen my bad behavior?

[Anonymous]

therapy is amazing. but it takes time to find the right person. it wasn't until my last therapist that i truly got something out of it. in fact, becuase of him, i have an entirely new outlook on life and its allowed me to become the woman i am today. he changed my life. but he was tough on me. i needed someone to give it to me straight and ask me the tough questions i dont want to answer because thats the only way to figure stuff out. you gotta get to the root of the problem and then work from there. if you are willing to commit to therapy, its an amazing thing. its healthy. make sure that you express to ur therapist what you want from them and if they can't do that for you find someone else. it took me 3 therapists to get the right one

[blazerock44]

Wow you made me shiver. .. Thanks for sharing that! I have. no hope at all, it's all over, but I guess IL have to give a last try and seek help for real from a therapist. . I have issues in every single thing..

[Anonymous]

Therapy is the only thing that WILL work sometimes.

Or meditation, if you can learn how to do therapy on yourself. :) I usually make my yoga time, my meditation time. ;)

But yeah... I'm currently in therapy for some traumas I experienced awhile ago (which gave me a sort of... PTSD.), and I'm becoming more confident in the outside world again.

But you really have to dedicate yourself, and open your mind at every moment you can, to make it work.

[blazerock44]

WHAT? Therapy can be done at home? ... no pills? How am I supposed to get better.. how would waving a spoon and looking at it help?

[yosimitesam]

First off to answer your question, therapy works extremely well. But, you have to be willing to put in the work the doctor will give you in order to cope with what's going on with you. I'm bipolar and I take meds, but the therapy has helped me more than the pills, as I needed to learn coping mechanisms when my mania or depression get really bad.

It's not an overnight cure and it will take effort on your part, but if someone tells you therapy doesn't work, then it's because they have either never gone and know nothing about it, are in denial and still know nothing about it, or have gone to one or two sessions and quit, never doing what the doctor suggested and assuming it was all a big hoax and they're fine now.

[Marstalk]

I think some do not understand it is a two way road.

[JackKerouac77]

Sure. Also, listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ah-o1iinNI

[MJas16]

For some people it is for others no. Personally, i dont think so.

[emerald77]

It really depends on the therapist. You would have to go through several to find the right one.