My Mental Health Check In —
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How do you know if therapy is working and you’re not just wasting your time? How do you do your own mental health check in?
Don’t get me wrong, therapy is great and I am so grateful the NHS is providing psychotherapy to me for free. However I struggle with psychotherapy because it is so meandering. I am very goal orientated and find the lack of structure difficult. How do I know if I’m getting anywhere? Should I feel better? DO I feel better? How much better? Is it normal to feel worse for a while?? I just don’t know. My therapist seems to think I’m doing fine but I find it hard to judge.
One of my worries is that it’s like when someone you live with loses weight. Because you see them every day it’s hard to notice their progress in the way that a person who hasn’t seen them in weeks would. Because I’m me every second of the day I may not notice improvements for quite a while. Does that make sense?
I do strongly believe everyone should complete a mental health check in regularly. Pressures can build and stress and depression can sneak up on you so taking some time to sit quietly and think carefully about how you’re doing is a key part of self care.
