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06/24/2008 03:43
thomasmark60
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I wonder how negatively this disease effects one's self esteem. Mine is very low and I credit that to the awful things that my history of bp have led me to do. Does anyone out there have any concrete advice on improving this aspect or is it just going to be yet another symptom of the disease? My therapist gives me work sheets, etc... but there are a lot of things that I just can not talk about. How does anyone else handle that?

Mark

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06/24/2008 04:10
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Hi, Mark, I believe that it is hand in hand, this disease affects the self esteem along with the things we have done during this.. as for concrete evidence ? I don't believe there is a way to tell beyond the simple fact we have the depressed side of it.

Do the worksheets your therapist gives you, while talking about it might not be something you want to share, your healing requires that you do... I have several things in my life, I would rather not tell anyone about, but I have learned over the years that to hide them and bury them can bury me... get it out and get past it, keeping it inside will only slow or stop your progress towards getting better.

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06/25/2008 08:07
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Thomasmark60-

When I was working with my therapist- the more worksheets I did- the better I felt. Even when I was not ready to share the results with the therapist- just doing the worksheets helped me. Alot of the time, it took me up to 10 trys at a worksheet- same problem/issue, before I got some relief, but it did work, some issues are just harder than others.

The worst things I have done in my life still haunt me. But, I believe sharing them with another person (especially a therapist paid to help you) has lightened my load and improved my own opinion of myself.

I have shopped therapsits. They are professionals paid to help you. if you do not like the response you get, or if you feel judged- you can always hire another therapist. You would not keep hanging out with friends that made you feel icky or judged harshly- so why accept this from a professional whom you pay?

In typing these things- I see also- I do need to go back into some sort of counsiling- keeping company in my own mind is not always the best source of uplifting material!!

Cassandra

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