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CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy)

Buz89

Hi everyone my names Scott busby I’m 32 and I was diagnosed with slight Asperger syndrome yes “slight” I don’t know what that means either, I’ve struggled  with anxiety, panic attacks and depression, I have trouble having conversations and understanding people, I’ve been having CBT for the past 3 weeks now every Monday and becoming more difficult every time as I’m having to complete the questionnaires every time about mood, emotions, feelings, I get homework every session and we go through what situations I've experienced, it’s got to the point I think that I’d be better off speaking to the nas (national autistic society) I’m not sure where to go. Just wondering if anyone else with AS has been through CBT. 

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  • Done CBT, don’t recommend, didn’t do me any good. Made me feel even worse.

    I couldn’t understand them, they couldn’t understand me.

    Once I was accused of not trying hard enough and of hiding something from my therapist because I couldn’t answer her questions. I just didn’t know the answers. 

    Talking therapies were better. They didn’t help but at least didn’t make me feel worse. At least I could vent. Which was nice.

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  • Done CBT, don’t recommend, didn’t do me any good. Made me feel even worse.

    I couldn’t understand them, they couldn’t understand me.

    Once I was accused of not trying hard enough and of hiding something from my therapist because I couldn’t answer her questions. I just didn’t know the answers. 

    Talking therapies were better. They didn’t help but at least didn’t make me feel worse. At least I could vent. Which was nice.

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  • in reply to Ladybird

    I'll second that.  I went into it all willing and hoping to find solutions only to be dumped on the 'naughty step' for being unable to answer questions about what I feel in my body - I never realised other people have something related to their emotions to feel in their bodies, actually and anyway bodily sensations freak me out, or answer vague, open questions like "What are your thoughts?" - about what specifically??  Or because I wouldn't agree that my mother was abusive when I was telling them she had said I seemed to reject her as a tiny baby and wouldn't hug her (you'd think that one would be a red flag for autism) and because I was giving them too much detail - oh yeah, and did have full blown melt downs in there when pressurised to be aware of body sensations - also, you'd think, a red flag for autism.  It did feel like we were trying to speak two entirely different languages.

    I can't blame them for not having understood, but I am blue blind furious that they actively blamed me for the failure of the therapy, rather than investigate why it didn't work.  No, therapy designed for NTs is limited or no use for us in my experience.  But that's not to say that no therapy will ever work, but it's got to be tailored to ND wiring.