now, I'm probably unleashing a huge debate here, but I want to see where people stand on this issue.
what is your stand on taking anti anxiety, or anti depressant drugs to treat this phobia?
I see people on this site all the time promoting them, and I believe they are not needed to successfully treat emet.
I think that we have more power over the mind that we realize, and through treatments like CBT which do not use drugs, we can change the way we think.
now, I understand that not one treatment works for everyone, and many people may have to go through trial and error untill they find one that suits them, but, I feel like doctors pretty much hand these drugs out like candy to anyone with any slight anxiety issues. I think they act as a band aid - yes, they maymake us feel better, but are we not just covering up the real problem?
most people have a trigger ( not all, but most) to how emet started.Call it the freudian perspective, but I think that fixing the root of the problem can help a great deal, and not avioding it or putting a band-aid on it.I think in the beginning, drugs can be a helpful way to get the person calm enough to start with a CBT treatment, but in no way do I ever think drugs should be the only form of treatment used.
Being an emet who has come a long way with her battle, I've never used any type of anti anxiety drug to get me here. I know everyone is different, but I think that we are selling ourselves short by taking the short cut.
There are many thoeries to why people develop anxiety disorders, and one explains it by saying its often passed down genetically from parents, but that the environment brings it out.. that its a learned behaviour that some people develop because they are gentically predisposed to it. My thoughts are, that if the brain can learn a behaviour, it can also unlearn it through cognitive behavioural treatment.
alrighty, thats my rant, feel free to add your opinion.
Edited by: Babydoll
~*Jill*~ Teacher, Advanced BSc in Psychology
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