My therapist is awesome

[kimberkit]

Quotes from therapy:

"People don't end up happier if you allow them to constantly complain. They just dig themselves deeper into a rut. When you feel like you're being drained by someone, change the subject - that's how you can keep yourself present, and interested, rather than silently frustrated at listening to someone else be depressed."

"How much sacrifice is enough? That's not a rhetorical question."

"You know how you get your parents to stop nagging at you? Nagging is a sign of someone who feels like they haven't been heard. Feed their concerns back to them and ask questions until they feel like they've been heard, and then both of you can move on."

Comments

[drlynch.livejournal.com]

hmmm... i think that first bit of advice is really useful... for everyone.

[simonbillenness.livejournal.com]

Very good therapy advice.

[moonlit-me.livejournal.com]

Gallows humor sometimes works too, if the depression has remotely good cause. But it's a bit trickier. If it's just straight depression, though, yeah.

[entropicangel.livejournal.com]

Your therapist is a wise cookie, love.