The CP Diary

I have never given my next topic any significant thought, but having done some research on what I am about to write, make sense. In order for any therapy to work, it’s important you match the issue to the therapy.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Can help with:

Anxiety; Mild or moderate depression; eating disorders; shyness and lack of confidence; OCD; Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD); Assertiveness/bullying; Relationships problems;

My blog today concentrates on the last three forms of therapy. I have benefited to some degree, from a combination of both counselling and psychology.

Psychiatry

A psychiatrist deals with mental health problems. After an initial consultation they may refer patients back to a psychologist, counsellor or psychotherapist for ‘talking therapy.’ It is very rare …

I tend to write what comes naturally to me and this was on my mind. There is still negativity around me coming from others that is making my stress and what I deal with harder. There is no doubt in my mind that I would do far better, if I wasn’t living around so much negativity.

I am determined to resolve this, by taking out the concern of others being unhappy with my decisions, when they ask for advice. They just can’t get past what they’re dealing with and I’ve …

It’s important for anyone who needs help, to think about what they’re dealing with and look into the various types of therapy that is beneficial for them, with their particular situation.

Below are just some of the different types of therapies:

Counselling

Anyone who chooses the counselling route will be expected to look and talk about problems they face on a daily basis. A counsellor will work through problems, such as separation, bereavement, post-natal depression and will look at conflicts or a particular crisis;

Dealing with Cerebral Palsy means we get to deal with other problems too. Unfortunately, we don’t just wake up one morning with a disability and we automatically cope. Depression and anxiety are both common effects of Cerebral Palsy for those coping with the condition. These conditions are not necessarily unique to Cerebral Palsy sufferers, people with other conditions can also suffer the same effects.

People with a disability are three or four times more likely to suffer from depression than their counter-parts. Depression is a persistent sense of sadness, accompanied by a sense of hopelessness …

For a condition that affects around a million people of all ages, it is still disappointing there is little emotional support for people who live with Cerebral Palsy.

As a child growing up in the 60’s, although there was little support in the community, apart from the mandatory hospital check ups that were available on the NHS, I’ve had to find my own …

I never really understood what I was dealing with as a child as far as my physical problems were concerned, what my symptoms meant or what they even were and I still don’t know everything I need to know about what I deal with now, 47 years on.

I was researching Cerebral Palsy on the internet last night and came across a Wikipedia note outlining the part of my brain that became damaged as a result of my stroke, called the Cerebrum …

I had feelings of despondency yesterday, where I felt particularly low. When I’m in that head space, I tend to analyse my feelings. Below are the most effective ways of dealing with emotional, mental and spiritual healing.

These help me:

• Recognise how you feel in terms of your despondency (emotional, mental and spiritual pain);

Today I had something else planned to write about, but my dealing with stress needed to come first. Since mum died, there have been lots of changes, some of which I have personally instigated, because of my own personal health and the changes others have instigated, fully expecting my family and I to work and fit into, without our consent.

We’re finding that hard, then our pet rabbit (toffee), died at the weekend and an untimely death in the family after that. Both these events have added to my stress. Any changes are bound to have …

For our physical health to work at optimum level, we need our emotional health to do the same. It’s impossible to have one without the other.

In order to improve our emotional health, we firstly have to recognise our emotions so that we understand why we have them. Once we are able to sort out the causes behind our emotions …