After 5 months with medication, CBT, psychodynamic therapy and psycho education I feel I am ready to advance in other direction.
The other direction is to consolidate self-trust and leave behind my insecurities.
But before outlining my new plan I would like to write about the usefulness of what I have been doing:
- Medication: Have helped me alleviate my symptoms and have a clear mind.
- CBT: Have helped me identify and challenging my cognitive distortions as well as understanding the effect my thinking and behaviour have on my feelings.
- Psychodynamic therapy: has helped me identify my core beliefs and when they were formed in the past as well as their influence in the present.
- Psycho education: Have taught me that we all have a legacy of insecurities and that some of us create bad habits to deal with these insecurities leading to depression and anxiety. More important yet is that these bad habits can be unlearned.
My new plan to consolidate self trust is very simple: keep following the indications of my doctor, keep with the psychodynamic therapy, stop formal practices of CBT and psycho education and dedicate less time in online support groups.
P.S. Now I want to share a little secret with you. Writing in online support groups and journaling were by far the most effective techniques that have helped me.
. It seems that I will have to keep doing some CBT activities for relapse prevention. I do not mind because it is for a good cause and being in a hole (depression) is much worse.
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You inspire me to seek more clarity! 
