tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1309890181865535528..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Why Empathy Does Not Cure DepressionStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39861747124681528132019-12-10T17:56:48.847-08:002019-12-10T17:56:48.847-08:00I have two young relatives who are unstable like t...I have two young relatives who are unstable like this young man and not a single thing their family does will ever satisfy them. They are punishing the people who made their childhoods unhappy and it's working very effectively; so they are kind of trapped in their own success. To end the behavior they would have to come to the realization that they are now the masters of their fates. There is no empathy for that, one cannot live their lives for them. (I am not their parent, btw.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25344304568848170852019-12-10T10:23:41.711-08:002019-12-10T10:23:41.711-08:00The signal that the young man is on a path to ment...The signal that the young man is on a path to mental health consists of one thing only: <br /><br />His taking responsibility.<br /><br />For his thoughts, for his emotions,<br />for his decisions, for his diet, for his exercise regimen.<br /><br />For his reactions to how he is treated by others.<br /><br />The young man's mind is (severely?) undisciplined, and he will continue to suffer until that discipline is acquired.<br /><br />The son's thinking patterns and problem-solving skills are inadequate to his stage in life.<br /><br />- shoe<br /><br /><br />Action, not talk.<br /><br />PS - Stuart, while the parent's gender isn't *specified*, my gut tells me it is his father.<br /><br />The father is asking for, and attempting rational solutions as his first avenue to a remedy. <br /><br />The psych is the party with the "empathy cure".<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com