If feeling long history of therapy/meds haven't worked, and still isolated with lack of interests, what to do?

Question

It's interesting, the realization of the negativity of all the ?'s i've asked. Oh well, guess it helps being honest. Anyway, what I mean is i feel trapped, i took employment feeling work service was dumping me, seeing how they couldn't help. I've felt as much as my schizoid/dysthymia/anxiety probably means i need therapy, that given the dozen i've been to, it's just not worth hearing the same answers that haven't worked. Like it's an 80-20 rule (give the advice that'll help 80% of patients, for nothing can help the 20). While I'm not actively suicidal, i have at least begun work on creating a personal dvd explaination in case) .. now this might just be another of my long standing ideation issues, but i guess i just can't figure how to find a way out, or a way to find any interest in anything in life (yes, tried meds, talk, etc without effectiveness, hence the frustration). Sorry, perhaps i'm just trying to feel negative for it's all i can feel ... just thankful i'm not into drugs

Answer 1

Well, you seem to be drowning in your own frustrations. That's not good.

However, you are bringing this feeling on yourself. You don't have to feel that way. You are choosing to dwell on the negative and blame others for your current predicament.

You need to understand that it's up to you personally to pull yourself up from the morass that you have created.

Since nothing else has worked, you might want to try a completely new approach. It's self therapy, if you want to label it.

It's also a little new age. If you can't accept that way of thinking, stop reading. This advice is not for you.

However, if you want to look at life in a different manner, read on.

Think of your thought process as only a small part of your total consciousness. For example, there are several diverse autonomous systems at work in your body all of the time. Think of your heart pumping and your breathing mechanism. These systems work without your conscious assistance.

Your thinking process is somewhat autonomous also. Your ego is always at work attempting to strenghten itself by replaying past mistakes and casting a wary eye toward the future.

You don't need be a prisoner to your ego. You can observe your thought process like you can observe yourself breathing. It's one and the same. You can treat your thought process as an autonomous system which is attempting to control your consciousness.

You don't have to allow that to happen. By being aware of your thought process and, in essence, observing it from afar, you can free yourself from it.

You can then become one with yourself by living entirely in the present. In this state, the only thing that matters is what is happening right here, right now.

If you can decide to live at a conscious level, rather than a thinking level, you can break the chains that the ego is using to enslave you.

I know...that's far out there, but, what have you got to lose? You're at the end of your rope. Try something radical.

Good luck.