We all need therapy when we are recovering or healing…. please endeavor to see a therapist, not just your pastor… please if you must see a pastor, make sure he’s one who is educated, knowledgeable, experience and vast.
WHAT IS THERAPY?
Therapy is the treatment of someone with mental or physical illness without the use of drugs or operation. In therapy, people meet with their therapist to talk and learn ways to work out their problems.
Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies. This approach focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts by discovering their unconscious meanings and motivations. Psychoanalytically oriented therapies are characterized by a close working partnership between therapist and patient. Patients learn about themselves by exploring their interactions in the therapeutic session.
When battling or struggling with any form of disabilities, be it visible or invisible disabilities, it is important you see a Therapist to walk you through that situation.
Hospitals, should have therapeutic departments or refer a patient to see a therapist when they notice or see a patient struggling with a disability.
I remembered, during the first years of being Diagnosed as diabetic, I struggled a lot, those first years were the worst moments of my entire life. I made a whole lot of mistakes, I couldn’t function well, I wasn’t growing in every are of my life because I was walking through that journey almost alone, the people around, my family and few friends had little or no knowledge on what to do. All my parents could think of was how to get permanent solution which doesn’t exist to my situation, Initially I actually agreed to all their means of getting a permanent cure to diabetes. It lead to so many frustrated and painful experiences that lead me into depression and my health deteriorated.
I believe, if the hospital had refered me to see a psychologist or therapist, i would have been much more better. i would have been able to accept my reality on time and handle my health and other situation of life much better than and I think things would have been different and more better. I actually started feeling better when I started talking to a doctor friend who had the interest of being a therapist, he helped me understood my feelings and emotions and most importantly, helped me understood why I should live and the dynamics of life. I began to see reasons to live everyday and why I should be healthy.
So, I think accompanied with medical treatments to a patient battling with either a long term illness, physical disability, trauma, etc, therapeutic treatment should go alongside. This gives aid to the healing process and helps patients feel more better about themselves and life in general.
Hospitals should have a therapeutic department or a certified therapist that helps with their patients
They can also involve the experience of survivors to help with the encouragement and healing of new victims, or better still refer them to a good psychologist.
