Can this conversation be moved to a psych thread? I’d love for
@Hydroponic3385 to elaborate and learn more from some of the other guys.
I do find the personalities of most doctors to share a common pattern of arrogance and almost resentment for patients. Seems to be particularly common amongst surgeons. Would anyone agree to this?
Opinions on thought replacement? I found it very effective after I was experiencing some very serious depression (I am not generally a depressed person) after two seizures in one day a couple years ago.
Long story short...My dad died when I was a young kid and I inherited the brain lesions that lead to a seizure that killed him. I have seizures every few years. When I have them, I become very conscious of my mortality afterwards...kind of fixated on it almost. The last time around I began experiencing panic attacks where I imagined I was experiencing auras prior to having seizures, upwards of a dozen times a day. They were getting debilitating. My brain chemistry was so fucked that I was experiencing these thoughts that were very similar to hallucinations. Hard to describe.
Anyways...I went to a psychologist/psychiatrist and she recommended thought replacement therapy. It worked immediately...like within days for the panic attacks and hallucinations (or whatever they were, presque vu or jamais vu may be a better description but still not quite).
I am curious how common this therapy is and whether it is effective for other conditions. I have recommended it to other people in conversation but do not know whether they have tried it.
One last thing...I found it very useful to be vocal to everyone around me that I was experiencing these things and to tell them I was going to see someone. I didn’t feel any shame about it whatsoever and I honestly felt that it made it easier if I ever had to see someone again to do it. I wish others could feel the same way. My wife has OCD and anxiety disorder and recently went to see someone. It made me happy. She has also begun to recognize that all of the women on her side of the family (two sisters and mom) have it as well.
Anyways...I’m fascinated by this topic and have a lot I could discuss.