Disability for depression?

[no one]

Any therapy is only as good as the therapist.

[EgoDeath]

Any therapy is only as good as the therapist.

That begs the question? What makes a good therapist? My only real complaint about my therapist is she really pushes this EMDR therapy which is essentially exposure therapy with a bit of psuedo-science thrown in for good measure. I explained to her that I didn't really buy into it all the way but we did a couple sessions of it and it was definitely healing. Forced me to think some very uncomfortable thoughts about my past.

But, what makes a good therapist?

[no one]

Like anything else, a good one is made by the calling.

[EgoDeath]

Like anything else, a good one is made by the calling.

Well, I was more asking for a list of attributes; something to cross-reference my therapist against in case I'm getting shit therapy lol

[no one]

Sincerity is the biggest key, I think. If you can see that their there with you, and they don't look at you clinically.

[Amarok]

I hate that as well i don't know how many patients i have had that have been told it's" not real" then don't seek help till things go south , And yeah pills are definetly short term gain long term loss and i'm disgusted at how many of my colleagues have become glorified pill pushers . Rather then taking the time to build long term support to get the patient functioning normally .

Personally, my therapist is awesome. Sweetest girl who just wants to help people and has helped me, at least a little, I'd like to think. But my psych is like the less questions I ask her the better, she just wants to write a script.

I could tell she was actually getting annoyed the one day when I was asking about the side effects of lexapro. That pissed me off to be honest.

Yup i have encountered that kind of psych . It's too hard to actually deal with the underlying issue so just give them a pill and consider your work done .Pure lazziness .

[no one]

Sometimes, just talking to people that are in the same boat is all the therapy you need.

[Little lunch]

Sometimes having a job can be the reason we go downhill and sometimes a job is like a cure, until it's the former again.
Antidepressants definitely helped me and after I felt I had been good for a year, I weaned myself off over a month.
I haven't taken them for about maybe five or six years but I'm ready to grab some at a moments notice.
When you're a person that gets depression you have to be super alert as to how you're feeling, I find.
Also, forums can be a terrible environment for someone with depression.

[brewer]

Does anyone have experience with this? It's something I've considered for years. Always had trouble holding down a 9-5 but wondered if it was because I was lazy or didn't enjoy the work. More time in therapy has taught me my depression is a lot more severe than I originally thought.

Always ended up running small businesses whether online or whatever, or working for myself in some form or another. But I've wondered about getting disability for MDD and Generalized Anxiety.

I have a decent gig right now at an international company that's well-known in the manufacturing industry but I have to wonder how long it will last before I'm running another small company or doing sales on ebay to get by.

Is getting disability for depression viable or realistic? I don't want to abuse government assistance that I don't need but I also need to be more realistic about how well I function in the "regular" world. I'd want it to be temporary and would only use it as long as I needed to, until I found better ways to cope.

Any thoughts/advice?

Don't do it if it can be avoided.

[LastPoet]

Does anyone have experience with this? It's something I've considered for years. Always had trouble holding down a 9-5 but wondered if it was because I was lazy or didn't enjoy the work. More time in therapy has taught me my depression is a lot more severe than I originally thought.

Always ended up running small businesses whether online or whatever, or working for myself in some form or another. But I've wondered about getting disability for MDD and Generalized Anxiety.

I have a decent gig right now at an international company that's well-known in the manufacturing industry but I have to wonder how long it will last before I'm running another small company or doing sales on ebay to get by.

Is getting disability for depression viable or realistic? I don't want to abuse government assistance that I don't need but I also need to be more realistic about how well I function in the "regular" world. I'd want it to be temporary and would only use it as long as I needed to, until I found better ways to cope.

Any thoughts/advice?

I have known people that went like 2-3 years of leave (payed only 75% of wage) for depression.

IMHO, staying at home becomes depressing, doesnt help. While it depends on the workplace environment it is good to interact with other people. And I work at a pig slaughterhouse/meat processing plant. Lots of visigoths with big knives and chainmail up to their shoulders.. After a while you get to know people. Even if they seem uneducated they might surprise oneself.