Posted by alexandra_k on October 3, 2005, at 3:13:13 [reposted on October 5, 2005, at 21:44:47 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Losing hope, posted by Deneb on October 3, 2005, at 1:43:14
> I marvel at just how little meds do for me.
You have only just started on them...
You don't know how things would be going if you weren't taking your meds... Maybe taking those meds is what enabled you to make the wise decision to go see your doctor vs the ultimately unhelpful decision to take another OD... Whether they help or not will only emerge with time...>Why is that? Why is BPD is darn difficult to treat?
Because you need some therapy sweetie. Meds are only of limited effectiveness. More effective still is the right combination of meds and therapy together.
Sometimes... You find that people off the boards say things that really help you. Help you see things a bit differently. Help you with some practical suggestions of things to do. Help you with some coping strategies. The boards are wonderful, but there is only so much that we can do. If you were able to get yourself a DBT therapist then you would get MORE stuff like that. And not only suggestions for coping strategies but also radically new ones that people have to SHOW you how to implement.
>What is wrong with me? Is there anything wrong?
Sometimes you spin out a little with stress / pressure. Most people respond to stress like that. It is just that some people respond more intensely and have trouble returning to emotional baseline.
> Please give me hope that things are going to get better.
Other people can't give you hope...
That is something YOU have to muster...
But that being said sometimes other people can help YOU find it...You have been here before
You have been places that were worse than where you are at now
And you pulled through those times
Things got a lot better
And you started saying that there wasn't anything wrong with you (or your ability to cope)
That there wasn't anything wrong at all.
And the moral is...
That things do get bad sometimes
And that when things get bad it feels like they always (or mostly) are that way
That things will never properly get better
That there isn't really any hope
But things do get better
They always do
And when they are better one forgets that times get so very hard at other times
State dependent memory
Everybody has that
But it is more pronounced when the states are more extreme / intenseThings will get better
Couple of days...
If you can just hang in there for a couple of days...
Exams are stressful for everyone
But when you get through this semester
That will be a major milestone towards what it is that you really want
And you CAN do it
It is just that sometimes...
You can be your own worst enemy
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