Fun skill for this! Sometimes a short burst of exercise that raises your heart rate will trick your brain into thinking that the scary thing has occurred and it can now go into cooldown mode! In dialectal behavior therapy it's part of T.I.P.P. (it's the I for Intense Physical Exercise). Here's the rest of that skill in the digital garden I made for people who can't afford therapy (its still a work in progress though).
Depression/Anxiety are not well understood. It's not uncommon or odd to be resistant to treatment. Also treatment is about managing the symptoms. Sadly there is no cure
I'll be honest, sometimes it will get so bad that I play the whole "what happens if I end up in grippy socks and they ask if I want to get better?" Scenario and I sit there and think, you know I don't really want to get better, because it would be denying my own strengths.
I recently discussed with someone about how impossible it is for me to not analyze all information and reason certain possible scenarios. The fact that some people can just not analyze everything is so strange to me, even realizing that the analysis is part of the problem.
The only thing I know is that a few drugs temporarily turn it off. And that scares me knowing that happens but we don't know why.
My primary care provider is perfectly happy with refilling my meds I have been on for years. I'm only seeing this psychiatrist cause I'm looking to apply for disability and want to have a continuity of care. I have only seen him once, so we will see how things go a second time in a few months. But, yes, we are not off to good start.
What an absolute plank.
There are specific medical terms like autonomic or generalised anxiety disorder, for example, that this idiot should at least have read about.
Medication has helped me so, so much with this. I had to try like 3 or 4 different meds before I landed on the right one, it was a huge pain in the ass, but just starting the day at a panic-free baseline makes a huge difference with dealing with everything.
