>>373394
I didn't mean to suggest that the comparison to cancer is valid in terms of the details of treatment or anything, only that cancer patients endure incredible pain for the chance of betterment.
Similarly, one should also be willing to perhaps waste time and energy to get better when one suffers from mental illness.
That was my only proposition.
I'm not sure what you're suffering from but I reckon it's some form of anxiety disorder, I've actually spoken to many people who told me that CBT saved their lives but I realize I can't make generalized statements here, I also don't want to invoke unfulfillable hopes within you.
But yeah you should definitely try it at least, and perhaps not go into it with this ominous pessimism that seems to be clouding your consciousness.
This probably sounds very invalidating, but I'm not trying to judge you or perhaps pin-point any kind of fault on you, but as clichéd as it sounds, hope and a positive approach is really crucial a lot of the time.
Understanding the roots of your problems and perhaps having a semi-concrete idea of how to battle them is really good, but CBT isn't just talking things through, it's about conditioning your behaviour into a more stable and self-preserving state which cannot be achieved that easily on your own without professional help.
So what I'm saying is any preconceived ideas you have regarding CBT are probably largely useless right now.
Mindfulness has helped me an incredible amount, so I would actually like to accuse you of not handling mindfulness the right way but I really don't know your situation and it might be an inappropriate suggestion.