Dear Javier,

I’m working on my self-confidence and my inner child by positive affirmations.

That’s good, just keep doing it!

My psychiatrist claims it’s due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, but why do they think medications will solve everything?!

I don’t know much about psychiatric medications, but as far as I know, it’s sometimes beneficial to use them in combination with psychotherapy. If you’re unable to self-regulate in spite of therapy, and are e.g. crying all the time, or having physical symptoms such as hyperventilating, in other words, if you aren’t able to function normally – that’s when medications are recommended. They won’t solve everything, but could enable you to calm down enough to be able to function more normally, and start working on your issues in therapy.

If there is a magic pill that can cure and heal my brain, why haven’t they given it to me earlier? I’m going crazy, I don’t know what to do.

You feel you’re going crazy because your nervous system is so overwhelmed, and you don’t know how to help yourself. Since simple self-soothing methods, such as putting one hand on your chest and the other on your belly, didn’t really work and you easily get overwhelmed, I believe you would need to consider medications. Not something to numb you completely, but as a means to take off the edge of your anxiety and let you function normally and work on your issues in therapy. I don’t know if something like that would be possible and acceptable to you?

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Tee.