Itās not just medication. Thereās internal work to do. Do I really think x? Why or why not?
Also, we have to get over drive through mentality. Weāre not going to see results on day one. Eye most likely going to feel worse before we feel better. We take a grain of faith because we can see lasting results of the brave souls who came before us who did the work, are still doing the work, often without the luxury of medication or decent therapy, but who searched books, websites, and trialed and errored until something worked because they didnāt have money for therapy and medication. Iām not saying this is the way it should be. I am saying thatās how it is, and we either work with what we have or can access or you know, expect a fairly godmother to wave a magic wand or something, then continue to rail about how unfair it all is while nothing changes for the better. For me it was a series of frightening, painful ego deaths without benefit of therapy or medication. It worked though, because I had two choices: get better or get worse. Itās been slow, messy, and Iāve backslid and had to recover ground. Iām lucky, but also Iāve worked my butt off. There will be those who can not do this, despite effort, without medication and therapy. Those of us who have made progress need to work toward conditions that help others access tools to help themselves. Setbacks will happen. We keep going anyway.
Itās not just medication. Thereās internal work to do. Do I really think x? Why or why not?
Also, we have to get over drive through mentality. Weāre not going to see results on day one. Eye most likely going to feel worse before we feel better. We take a grain of faith because we can see lasting results of the brave souls who came before us who did the work, are still doing the work, often without the luxury of medication or decent therapy, but who searched books, websites, and trialed and errored until something worked because they didnāt have money for therapy and medication. Iām not saying this is the way it should be. I am saying thatās how it is, and we either work with what we have or can access or you know, expect a fairly godmother to wave a magic wand or something, then continue to rail about how unfair it all is while nothing changes for the better. For me it was a series of frightening, painful ego deaths without benefit of therapy or medication. It worked though, because I had two choices: get better or get worse. Itās been slow, messy, and Iāve backslid and had to recover ground. Iām lucky, but also Iāve worked my butt off. There will be those who can not do this, despite effort, without medication and therapy. Those of us who have made progress need to work toward conditions that help others access tools to help themselves. Setbacks will happen. We keep going anyway.