How to stay moderately not-crazy part deux - the 'this really didn't work for me' edition

[annwfyn]

So, today I found myself in a conversation with someone about the crazy* and I mentioned my list of stuff that had worked for me, but said, of course, I offered no guarantees and it really might not work for others. He thanked me for the advice and then thanked me again for the disclaimer. Apparently it made a refreshing change from the advice he'd

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[xenophanean]

I found talking therapies cathartic, but not terribly useful, then my therapist persuaded me to do a bit of off-the-cuff art therapy (draw your feelings), and it triggered a vast change. I think it was just catching exactly the right thing at the right time plus actually sidestepping my shield of "talk engagingly to avoid emoting", but it certainly had an effect.

[pmp]

The number of times I get told to take time off work is staggering, yes my job is intensely stressful I'm working in a role that goes against all my natural tendancies but therapists and health professionals keep missing the part where I say that work defines me, gives my life some structure. Without it, I end up noctural, watching a ridiculous amount of porn and generally fixated on my past and current problems.