I'm reading this book by Dr. Derbi and Prof. Resick about treating PTSD with Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). As a side note, the writers say that taking anti-depressants during therapy is ok, but with a notice that it may prevent success from being attributed correctly to the efforts of the patient.
In my view, isolating variables is a sceintific practice, and not the way to happiness. If you're depressed and you do 10 things to treat yourself: prozac, psychotherapy, chocolate, yoga, walks in the park etc., and then you're not depressed anymore, you did a good job.
It is inefficient to do 10 things without isolating the one that works, but if we go there, psychotherapy probably won't come out as efficiency queen either.
In the search for well-being, I think a blitzkrieg model more fitting. Do 20 things that you think will make you feel better, 50% of them will work, and you have no reason to ask which. Well-being based on one practice is very fragile.
I could write more but a picture of Dumbo seems more to the point, meaning that placebos and coincidental pseudo-factors of well-being are welcomed.
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