cyberdad wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
magz wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
^ At this rate, it would take him about 9-10 years to emerge from it.
Even if so, better this than never.
But this remark is not helpful, anyway.
Neither yours.
Markis needs something else.
Counselling
Counselling does not find girlfriends but may help with negativity (if properly worked), so yes.
The way I see Mark, inability to find a girlfriend is a tip of an iceberg. Aiming at the tip of an iceberg won't help, you blow it up, it emerges again. On the other hand, getting rid of the whole iceberg must take time, it can't be done with a single blow.
What the non-tip parts of the iceberg are? Nobody (likely including Mark himself) knows everything but from the posts I have read, I could identify negativity and horribly unhealthy family relationships. And the two have improved significantly since I first read Mark's posts, though a lot more still can be done.
Mark, I relate to you with this frustrating slowness. My progress in three years of very laborous therapy - I used to linger in depression for months, sometimes years, now I can get out of it in about a week. I'm not cured of chronic depression, I still suffer every time I fall, but I've learned a lot about dealing with it. It's no miraculous cure, it's a long, hard and often scary way to go, but it's the right direction.
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Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.
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