The right therapy

[to7update]

I have two people in my life who have anxiety and depression issues, a cousin and a friend, and their social integration is something entirely different, even if I believe that their condition is pretty much equivalent.

This to say that I think that the right therapy can work miracles on people suffering from anxiety. A therapy that promotes social integration instead of intense medication. If we go through the social way, the person ends up slowly healing while medication just causes stagnation.

What's your opinion?

 

[janemariesayed]

Throwing people right into the very thing that they think is their dilemma may, in their mind be the worse thing that can happen. In all seriousness, though, I totally see your point. The best way to deal with a phobia of spiders, for example, is to have one put in your hand and let it crawl all over you. If we fall off a horse, the best thing to do is to get up on it straight away again. If we are in a car accident, the best thing is to get back in front of the wheel as soon as possible. It is the best cure.

However, I think that, taking my own social anxiety for an example. At the moment it would make me feel worse. What I need is a therapy which will get to the root of why I actually feel socially anxious. I think it is because of how I had to live in Egypt. I have been programmed to think, for 9 years that if I am seen outside, then I am a harlot. Of course, I consciously know that this isn't the case, but I have had it drummed into me that I am the devil. I am the devil because I am a woman and because I am not a muslim. Now I'm back in the UK and I've changed. I'm different. I think that my social anxiety has something to do with that. So in my case, with therapy, I could come back to be more socially adaptable and start to think different.

I don't agree with pills either. Chemicals aren't good for us and they just suppress our feelings. When I am ready, I will ask my therapist to help me out with meeting people. I know that there is a group in my area of likeminded people who have dogs. They all meet up once a week in a park with their dogs and go walking. I'm not quite ready to join it yet. Even though it is on my mind, and I am looking forward to joining them when I am ready to start socialising again.