I am, by nature, a shy person. I take a while to "warm up" and I have to trust you in order to divulge or disclose anything personal so, group therapy is hard for me as well.
I did participate in my first group therapy last winter. It was to have run for a full year but I got laid off and couldn't afford the group rate on my own any longer. So, after about 4 months, I had to quit it.
At first, the anxiety of the whole thing got to me and I kept wanting to quit BUT I made myself go and after a bit.. it did get better and I got to where I look forward to it. It was a group of all women and was facilitated by 2 female therapists so this made it a bit easier on me because in talking about past abuse (certain kinds), it was easier - FOR ME - anyway to speak about it being we were all women.
I actually miss the group for a number of reasons. 1) being that we did share things in common (it wasn't a Bipolar group but some members had a diagnosis of Bipolar) 2) it was a routine structured thing that happened every week and well 3) it was a place to go, with people who I could talk to that would not necessarily outwardly judge me cause we were all there for a reason
I'm sorry your church didn't provide feedback on your request. If you specifically mentioned "Bipolar", it may very well be that you won't ever receive feedback directly.
I am, by nature, a shy person. I take a while to "warm up" and I have to trust you in order to divulge or disclose anything personal so, group therapy is hard for me as well.
I did participate in my first group therapy last winter. It was to have run for a full year but I got laid off and couldn't afford the group rate on my own any longer. So, after about 4 months, I had to quit it.
At first, the anxiety of the whole thing got to me and I kept wanting to quit BUT I made myself go and after a bit.. it did get better and I got to where I look forward to it. It was a group of all women and was facilitated by 2 female therapists so this made it a bit easier on me because in talking about past abuse (certain kinds), it was easier - FOR ME - anyway to speak about it being we were all women.
I actually miss the group for a number of reasons. 1) being that we did share things in common (it wasn't a Bipolar group but some members had a diagnosis of Bipolar) 2) it was a routine structured thing that happened every week and well 3) it was a place to go, with people who I could talk to that would not necessarily outwardly judge me cause we were all there for a reason
I'm sorry your church didn't provide feedback on your request. If you specifically mentioned "Bipolar", it may very well be that you won't ever receive feedback directly.