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straydoggender

Updated 1y ago

Alternative Treatments for Severe Mental Illnesses

Hi! What treatments have you done to help learn to manage your severe mental illnesses other than CBT, DBT, medication, or inpatient facilities? I'm looking into neurofeedback currently but am wondering if there are other options too.

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lavvend3r

commenting to hear what other ppl have to say :)

lavvend3r

getting dbt workbooks and workbooks on mental illnesses i have has been helpful for me

straydoggender

i absolutely HATE DBT for myself, but ive been meaning to try out workbooks on the stuff i have

AstraPenn

What’s DBT?

straydoggender

dialectical behavior therapy

sea_turtle

Have you heard about or considered ECT?

AstraPenn

what’s this stand for?

Beeble

I've found that affirmations and just stopping myself every once in a while and going through a WHOLE ton of affirmations can help manage some of the side effects of severe mental illness

mynewfriend

Group therapy with CBT through outpatient care has been very helpful for me. There's also transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for some disorders. All of these options tend to work best combined with individual therapy and medications though.

tswift

ketamine.

teooo

i've been getting ads for ketamine to help with depression for a year, now i'm getting them for bpd, has it actually helped?

Llamasizzle

I found TMS (trans-cranial magnetic stimulation) helpful. But DBT was really what got me out of my most severe times

Cammywammy

I also found that ACT has been helpful for me . It stands for acceptance and commitment therapy :) but of course it varying for each individual and you have to find what helps you!

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