I had read the opposite somewhere and cannot now find where, which tells me something.
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Talking to a therapist about this specifically
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s.silva, post #1: Posting this under the heading it deserves: Talking to a therapist about this specifically Everything below is what sits behind that. Something that has come up for me and that I suspect is more common than the discussion suggests. It is not a side effect in the labelling sense and it is not nothing. It has changed over 7 weeks in a… Go to post
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.
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This follows post #17 rather than contradicting it.
Nothing here is medical advice and several members in this subcategory say plainly that they are describing their own experience only.
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Where a member is finding this hard, the useful reply is usually a question rather than an answer, and this subcategory does that well.
I would be interested in a counterexample if anyone has one.
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