You can call the suicide hotline as MANY times as you need to.
You can dial, hang up, dial again and speak to someone as often as you need to.
It is, of course, scary to talk with someone you don't know about such an intimate topic. That is OK, and is normal. That is their job, and they are good at it. Give them a try!
There are no judgments or name-calling that you need to do to yourself. Seeking treatment is hard, and you are making these healthy decisions for yourself. It is a daily decision to decide to BE HEALTHY and KEEP MOVING FORWARD...and you are doing a good job EVERY DAY you make that decision.
You sound very proud of the fact that you are treating your breast cancer "naturally". Can you describe what "naturally" is, and tell us what treatments you are choosing to use? Are you seeing an oncologist or other specialist? Have you found the treatments successful?
You sound like you want relief and peace. There are many ways to find relief and peace, and you are right---none of them are perfect, but they are choices and opportunities that you have:
1. You have a counselor you like, and she feels you would improve with antidepressant drugs. You are scared to take medication, as "what will they do to you mentally". How are you doing mentally right now? Have you thought of the other possibility...what if the drugs DO actually work, and improve your mentality and emotional health?
2. You have a referral to another counselor who would be OK continuing talk therapy without antidepressant drugs. You are scared to start over with another counselor. Have you thought that you might even like this counselor BETTER? What if this new counselor is able to provide new insights and perspective that can help you improve without medication?
Bottom line: do you agree with your counselor that you are "suffering needlessly?". If so, please know that you do have many options. You have many opportunities. None of these decisions are permanent; you can decide to stop taking medication. You can decide which therapist works best for you. One path may lead to another path, but you need to take the first step.
- Have you talked with other people who have taken antidepressants? - Are your fears based on reality of these medications?
- Would you like some resources about the pros/cons of antidepressants?
- Would you like to talk with other women who have taken antidepressants, and it worked for them and they did not feel like it messed them up mentally?
- Do you have a support system of friends and family?
- Do you have a support system with other women who are living with breast cancer?
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You can call the suicide hotline as MANY times as you need to.
You can dial, hang up, dial again and speak to someone as often as you need to.
It is, of course, scary to talk with someone you don't know about such an intimate topic. That is OK, and is normal. That is their job, and they are good at it. Give them a try!
There are no judgments or name-calling that you need to do to yourself. Seeking treatment is hard, and you are making these healthy decisions for yourself. It is a daily decision to decide to BE HEALTHY and KEEP MOVING FORWARD...and you are doing a good job EVERY DAY you make that decision.
You sound very proud of the fact that you are treating your breast cancer "naturally". Can you describe what "naturally" is, and tell us what treatments you are choosing to use? Are you seeing an oncologist or other specialist? Have you found the treatments successful?
You sound like you want relief and peace. There are many ways to find relief and peace, and you are right---none of them are perfect, but they are choices and opportunities that you have:
1. You have a counselor you like, and she feels you would improve with antidepressant drugs. You are scared to take medication, as "what will they do to you mentally". How are you doing mentally right now? Have you thought of the other possibility...what if the drugs DO actually work, and improve your mentality and emotional health?
2. You have a referral to another counselor who would be OK continuing talk therapy without antidepressant drugs. You are scared to start over with another counselor. Have you thought that you might even like this counselor BETTER? What if this new counselor is able to provide new insights and perspective that can help you improve without medication?
Bottom line: do you agree with your counselor that you are "suffering needlessly?". If so, please know that you do have many options. You have many opportunities. None of these decisions are permanent; you can decide to stop taking medication. You can decide which therapist works best for you. One path may lead to another path, but you need to take the first step.
- Have you talked with other people who have taken antidepressants? - Are your fears based on reality of these medications?
- Would you like some resources about the pros/cons of antidepressants?
- Would you like to talk with other women who have taken antidepressants, and it worked for them and they did not feel like it messed them up mentally?
- Do you have a support system of friends and family?
- Do you have a support system with other women who are living with breast cancer?
I look forward to hearing from you!
August 21, 2010 - 11:11pmThis Comment
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