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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you start to get overwhelmed, acknowledge the feelings, then redirect your behavior to something else, like laundry or read a book or leave the house for a walk.  I used binging to numb my emotions but finally figured out how to feel my emotions.  It's hard if that has been your coping mechanism. [b] Talk therapy doesn't always work, I have tried it.[/b]  I just had to grow out of the behavior.  Good luck!  You are not alone.[/quote]

Glad someone said this. Sometimes you have to figure it out on your own after reaching a low point. Talking didn’t work for me. [/quote]

People treat talk therapy like a panacea and it's not. Sometimes you have concrete issues that need to be solved and a therapist can't do that for you. If the problem is that you feel like everyone in your life is demanding something of you all day long and you never get a chance to just be alone and take care of yourself, going to a therapist to say this might not help, especially if you are already pretty in touch with your feelings and know how to articulate them (and maybe HAVE articulated this to your spouse or others, and been ignored). What you really need is a break, and therapy isn't really a break, it's another obligation and can be stressful and won't necessarily relieve the pressure on you.

Talk therapy can be great but only if the problem is that you have something you need to talk through and work through. Sometimes you've already worked it out, the problem is a practical one of finding a solution within your actual life.[/quote]

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