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"Studies May Overstate The Benefits of Talk Therapy For Depression"
Hopalong:
I'm sitting under (beside) my new SAD light (green one, as the white light began to bother my eyes) right now. Kind of like being in an aquarium.
I like it. And so far, even with gray chilly blustery wet outdoors...the winter depression seems not to be arriving.
It's from this company if anyone wants to try one. I got the single tower and it's really pleasant:
http://www.sunnexbiotech.com/
I did a ton of research and feel confident this is the best one around.
love
Hops
sea storm:
Are you kidding me??? Talk therapy not very beneficial. Some therapists are poor listeners and overzealous advice givers. But even they have clients.
It is only because medical science is so money oriented that they don't care or get it that traditional therapy is healing to people who have broken hearts. Even science admits that.
I remember taking a week long course in Cognitive Therapy. At the end of it one woman who worked for family services said that it sounded like a great program and one that could be used effectively with clients using computers. She was surprised when the rest of the group was shocked and dismayed by her comment. But I bet a lot of people would see this as a chance to save dollars.
Oh .... has anyone noticed how depressed and disconnected people feel? They are starving for someone to talk to. I bet everyone who reads this is as well. I know I am.
I think some studies are so unhelpful.
Hopalong:
Hear, hear.
I live alone.
My work is isolating.
I hate living alone.
Got to have a lot of time alone but day after day after day, esp in winter?
Thank heaven for my dog, whom I have profoundly confused with a human. She doesn't mind.
The lack of touch in my life disturbs my human equilibrium. People need several hugs a day to thrive. Sometimes I make myself go to church just to get a hug at coffee hour.
Ain't enough.
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on October 11, 2015, 12:06:25 PM ---Hear, hear.
I live alone.
My work is isolating.
I hate living alone.
Got to have a lot of time alone but day after day after day, esp in winter?
Thank heaven for my dog, whom I have profoundly confused with a human. She doesn't mind.
The lack of touch in my life disturbs my human equilibrium. People need several hugs a day to thrive. Sometimes I make myself go to church just to get a hug at coffee hour.
Ain't enough.
Hops
--- End quote ---
Aw Hops, that's exactly how I feel. A friend I've not seen for two years rang yesterday, she was in the area visiting some other friends and would I like to go along? I popped over, I know the two other friends of hers but not terribly well, it was just so nice, big hugs from everyone when we got there, they bent over backwards to welcome my son (who struggles with social situations), I was there for an hour just chatting and laughing and thinking wow, this is so nice, big hugs again when we left with one of them (who I don't know that well) saying it would be lovely to meet up again and telling me to call her. Just lovely social interaction, healthy, fun, tactile, that hour did me more to lift my spirits than anything else has for such a long time. We need to parcel these ladies up and despatch them for emergency hugging sessions, we do need it, don't we, it's like breathing, so necessary.
sea storm:
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Re: "Studies May Overstate The Benefits of Talk Therapy For Depression"
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Hear, hear.
I live alone.
My work is isolating.
I hate living alone.
Got to have a lot of time alone but day after day after day, esp in winter?
Thank heaven for my dog, whom I have profoundly confused with a human. She doesn't mind.
The lack of touch in my life disturbs my human equilibrium. People need several hugs a day to thrive. Sometimes I make myself go to church just to get a hug at coffee hour.
Ain't enough.
Hops
I hear ya, Hops.
Being alone is like eating rust. Too much of being alone is a harsh diet.
Glad you have a dog, must get one. Sometimes, quite often, I am so lonely I could scream.
I keep going and try to be busy enough. There are times when I don't feel alone but it seems I have to work hard to have them.
LOTS OF LOVE,
sEA
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