So my psychologist-psychiatrist doctor’s team met me yesterday and explained to me why sensitivity may not be as good.
I guess I’m working on it in my psych ward.
I asked the main doctor that if I can control my sensitivity will the solution to my problems be different from the initial anger outbursts?
He said said a big YES!
Thanks a lot for reading this line.
Describe one positive change you have made in your life.
I’ve been going to the psychologist for psychotherapy for the past 10 years.
And I think it is the most positive change I ever made in my life.
I learnt how to accept myself as I am.
I learn to control my anger to some extent till now.
I learnt how to make good decisions.
I learnt how to be realistic.
I learnt the value of education.
I learnt how to manage my time.
I learnt how to prioritise my own happiness.
I learnt to believe in myself.
Although I still make errors and mistakes. But I’m learning from psychotherapy regularly.
Although it’s nothing to be proud of because you’re supposed to stop therapy when you can deal with your problems alone.
My problems have persisted. And I’m working on it.
I’m glad you read this line. Thanks a lot!
So, in 2015, therapy felt pointless for this person until they met Dr. Prasanta Kumar Roy in 2017, who really understood them and helped them heal from BPAD. They emphasize faith and patience in overcoming suffering, suggesting that finding hope and keeping busy is key to coping with tough times.
When I was going to therapy in 2015, I was just told to do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) homework.
The problem wasn’t that I won’t do it. The problem was I didn’t feel like doing it.
I didn’t have a problem with CBT but I had a problem with them not fixing my emotional states.
It’s only in 2017 when I found a great psychologist who doesn’t even charge any fees if one goes through the public healthcare system of standing in the queue for 2 hours.
It was then that I truly got healed from my BPAD.
He is Dr. Prasanta Kumar Roy and he sits in Kolkata’s SSKM hospital.
He made me feel for the first time that a psychologist understood me.
But that was before 4-5 years of changing many psychologists. And years of suffering inflicted by my own mind.
Why do we suffer so much? How to be patient so that the suffering ends one day? How to wait till that day?
I think we suffer because we don’t have faith.
Plain and simple. We need to have faith in something bigger than us.
And without God’s blessings you can’t have so much patience and humility.
I’m not asking you to become a believer from an atheist. You could believe in a role model/good person also. But you must feel hope.
How to be patient?
I guess I started healing the day I started chanting the Hare Krishna mantra internally in my mind in 2017.
That gave me mental strength to hold on and keep doing what I have to do.
So you do need faith and belief and need to bow down to the divine to have so much patience.
How to wait till that day?
So basically I don’t feel like I’m waiting because I just do what I have with me.
“If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl.”
If I can’t go to classes, I’ll take online classes.
If I can’t go to grocery shopping, I’ll at least learn to cook.
If I can’t do anything, paralyzed by fear. Then I will speak to my mom, and she tells me to have faith.
I know I’m not a psychologist but I hope this blog post added value to your life.
Thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I(Anirban Saren) am not a licensed medical professional, psychiatrist or a psychologist and I’m not providing any medical advice. I’m writing my own opinions. Please consult a professional psychiatrist, psychologist before following this advice.
