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Title: Dispelling homesickness during treatment


1
Effective Anxiety Coping Skills
Dispelling homesickness during treatment
2
Bring a picture or special item
  • No matter how much a person has learned about the
    disease through mental health facilities, there's
    always more to learn in regards to new treatments
    and interesting ways to cope.
  • Research for blogging purposes will educate the
    person on these topics and others. Additionally,
    the patient will be able to get more in touch
    with his or her own condition.
  • He or she may be able to recognize the symptoms
    along with what treatments have been successful
    so far.

3
Make friends
  • It might be easier said than accomplished but a
    person entering rehab shouldnt arrive with a
    poor attitude.
  • The setting of goals and the determination to do
    well are just as important as treatment itself.
  • Get to know other patients, they will have
    similar problems and its reassuring to know one
    is not alone in their illness.
  • Group therapy in particular allows patients to
    share their story if they wish and listen to the
    experiences of others.

4
Keep the goal in sight
  • Rather than complaining about having to spend the
    next 30 to 90 days in recovery, a person can
    focus on the goal of how much better his or her
    life will be after completing treatment and
    living a sober life.
  • A person can focus on the career he or she could
    have and the positive benefits that will be
    available once he or she is substance free.

5
Be selfish
  • Depending on where the blogs are posted, it's
    possible for readers of the blog to be able to
    contact the blogger.
  • This means the blogger may feel less alone in the
    battle when others are sharing their experiences.
  • They can state if they've been through the same
    thing and even share stories of how they overcame
    their mental illness.

6
Try helping another patient
  • Often, being the total opposite of selfish is the
    best option. When people focus on something
    besides themselves,
  • it helps stave off feelings of loneliness.
  • Helping another provides its own reward by
    helping someone else overcome their problems.

7
Reach out to a counselor
  • Lonely patients should talk to to a counselor to
    share their feelings. The counselors are there to
    help in any way possible, even if that means just
    talking to a patient as more than a counselor but
    as a friend.
  • The counselor is interested in guiding a patient
    in the right direction, and that cant happen if
    a person has feelings of loneliness that arent
    addressed.
  • Unexpressed feelings of loneliness can lead to an
    individual not being completely focused.
  • This can result in the abuse of drugs or alcohol
    following rehab because he or she wasnt focused
    or is still lonely and needs a coping mechanism.

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