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Co-occurring personality disorder patterns and trauma. Any advice?
Mental Health | Last Active: May 21 7:41pm | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
Ya know, I'm probably the posterchild for mental illness, but what I'm reading above appears to me more difficult than it really is. First, go to the hospital on the east side of Dallas. TX, cant remember the name, but it is one of the best in the states. My insurance at the time paid for everything. This was 26 yrs ago. They teach how to deal with our personal issues with group and person therapy, but my fave part was art therapy. This was the key to the mint moment. Two things. They had a stack of magazines in the middle of the table, we cut and pasted words and images on a paper with the name of one of our alters on top. This gave us a new dimension to what is in us to anylize. Second, drawing one of our alters, maybe interacting with the others is of help to understand the dynamics of what is festering inside. Yeah, group therapy helps, but I found it a bore listening to what seemed to me trivial reasons for being there...lost a job, husband, kid problems, not the deep interactions of the mind. Length of stay can be up to three weeks, but after one week, I was ready to get out of there.
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@msmarymac I failed Intensive Outpatient Program last year — it was a program I shouldn’t have been in. These programs are great for mild/moderate depressed on medication. At the time I was severely depressed and not on medication.
After nearly two years of severe depression, I am finally on a med which works. I’m planning to talk to my psych next week to try IOP again. Last year I was asked to draw a bridge; I produced a damaged/broken bridge with toxic grounds and a sign that it was irreparable. I purchased some art supplies last week and took another try at that bridge. This time it was clean, flowers all around, and happy sun. I’ve never done art well — it has always turned dark, but would like the chance to do it now in a group therapy situation. I’m even willing to try journaling, which is another therapy tool that always turned dark for me.
I’m really enjoying not being severely depressed. The depression is still there, but under wraps for now.