Have to disagree with you on that one. Therapy works. period. I think you have a certain viewpoint about all therapies. The reality is that different therapies are for different people. Anyone who takes a one type fits all is too ideological. For someone like you Tim I'd look at CBT or Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Therapy - its very good for people who are articulate and intelligent.
There are alos those who are therapy junkies. Who keep going to therapist after therapist even if nothing is really wrong. The most successful, in my mind, are those people who recognize that there is a problem and are looking for ways to deal with it. If you want to sit on a couch and natter away about your horrid childhood, then you're wasting your and the therapist's time. If on the other hand you go into the situation knowing that something is wrong, ie., you're very depressed etc., and you're willing to do something about it, then it will work. Typically it takes about 3 or so months but it does work, if you're willing to do the work yourself. larry On 9/26/05, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does it? > > I mean really? > > What I see in therapy, marriage counseling and all that garbage is some > liberal whiny freak generally biased against the man in the > relationship. The people I know in therapy don't get better, they just > keep going. > > WTF happened to being stoic? Doing wtf you need to do? > > I'm sorry, and this post isn't targeted at anyone in particular, I just > have serious problems with the 'you need help' mentality that is so > pervasive in our society today. > > You know what, people are imperfect. > > To many people are quick to jump up and say, screw it I'm not doing this > anymore, or 'we need to see someone'. Deal with your spouse. You > married them. > > Peoples word, my own included sometimes, means very little these days. > > /me loves to hate, hates to love :) > > bad bad weekend and day. > > Sorry. > > Tim > > William Bowen wrote: > > Okay, I see from another post you're not ignoring this. > > > > But don't give up. keep searching. > > > > Talk therapy works, but it takes a while. > > > > On 9/26/05, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>seriously, Tony, don't ignore this! > >> > >>I understand it is tough. Take it from one who has been/is still > >>there. One who is still working his wife to deal with her past. And > >>taking the opportunity to deal with my own. > >> > >>There is a light at the end of the tunnel. and it isn't an oncoming train. > >> > >> > >>>too depressing to talk about it anymore, especially on a list... > >>> > >>>sorry. i just had to vent. > >>> > >>>have fun being married everyone who is married. > >>> > >>>:) i sure am! > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>will > >> > >> > >>"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > >>and that would just be unacceptable." > >>- Carrie Fisher > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > will > > > > > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > > and that would just be unacceptable." > > - Carrie Fisher > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175015 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
