Reply #6: I would have switched therapists at that point if things didn't

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calm down. External factors triggered the depression; resolving those factors mitigated the depression tremendously. (I don't think it was true clinical depression, but it was affecting me enough to interfere with my health and daily life, so I called the therapist.)

I didn't expect for things to magically get better after a few sessions, but she wasn't the right therapist for me. She was huggy and she utterly disagreed with my coping strategies (bury myself in my work all day, so I'd be able to, well, not break down crying and be able to keep my job -- I wasn't drinking or cutting myself; she did refuse to address the not-eating thing,which wasn't a good coping strategy; she just told me to see my primary-care physician if I ended up losing more than 15% of my body weight) and she wanted me to talk to everyone in sight -- parents, co-workers, friends (and I felt it was none of their business) and so forth.