General Question About Prescribed Medication.

[MissMacD]

My expectations of therapy were definitely unreasonable at first, I wanted my trauma to be ripped off fast like a band-aid but in fact I have to remove it slowly in layers. I had a hard time putting my feelings into words because I wasn't entitled to have feelings as a child.

The more honest you are with your therapist the more he will be able to help you. I learned this from someone else on this site :cool:. If something isn't working tell him, if something is tell him.

 

[Johnny1975]

Thanks MissMacD - I have real problems expressing myself also. Hopefully this will improve alongside my healing.

I think im slowly becoming more realistic about my future and expectations. That in itself is helping me, because before I was very hard on myself for not "getting better".

 

[MissMacD]

My expectations and what were reasonable were very different things. For years I have just wanted to dump my trauma somewhere and be over it when in fact it is going to always be with me.

I am finally facing what I have been running away from for over two decades and it is TERRIFYING. I am facing all of the uncomfortable things that I have been avoiding. Some days are really bad, but most days I have to be in my own cheering section to applaud the little steps forward no matter how little. Getting better is harder than getting worse for me. It always has been.

 

[Johnny1975]

I finally got my perscription from my P. 50mg of Sertraline in the morning for 2 weeks, followed by 100mg thereafter.