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2013-04-15 04:03 6502017 depressed anon (Depression Or Anxiety.jpg 600x402 37kB)
when is it time to go to a psychologist? anyone else terrified of therapy? any positive therapy stories?

2 min later 6502060 Ricky
They give you some good advice if they are good. It all really depends on who the person is and if you feel comfortable with them. My last therapist was an old white women and I felt really uncomfortable talking to her about things. She also likes to talk about the most useless shit, like where I lived and what TV shows I watched.

4 min later 6502085 Anonymous
>go to therapist >"anon do you have suicidal thoughts" >answer yes >get sent to mental hospital for four months >get billed several thousand dollars

6 min later 6502103 depressed anon
does anyone else feel like the biggest asshole talking about there emotions? it just makes me hate myself even more, this is ok cause youre robots, but talking to humans about my personal life gives me massive throat lumps. I have been thinking about killing myself a lot, and i dont want to feel this way cause i know its fucked up.

6 min later 6502106 Anonymous
One psychologist once said to a friend of mine that there is nothing they can do for him, so since he is more socially acceptable and outgoing, I'm guessing I can't be helped either.

7 min later 6502113 Anonymous
I'd say never. I see therapy as one big cluster-fuck of people telling you how nothing is your fault. There's no accountability anymore. They just throw some meds at you and tell you nothing is your fault.

7 min later 6502119 Anonymous
>>6502017 I'm in grad school for clinical social work >basically the same as an underpaid master's level psychologist If you think you might need to go, do it. It's kind of like drinking. If you have to ask yourself if you have a problem or need to get help, chances are you probably do.

7 min later 6502123 depressed anon
also i dont want medication or hospitalization, or anything. pls just tell me how to not feel so feely. I used to be so happy ;_;

8 min later 6502141 Anonymous
>>6502113 >that feel when talking to new therapist and not even 15 minutes pass and she's already brought up medicine last time i went to her, fuck that

9 min later 6502143 Anonymous
>>6502113 >feminist theory That is one school of therapy sadly. Most therapeutic methods y'all would enchant actually focus on creating solutions to your problem by retraining your habits, not blaming others for your problems

11 min later 6502184 Anonymous
I am seeing a therapist right now, (depression, anxiety, conversion disorder, some more stuff ...) It made me feel worst and awful so far. But suposedly, once you've faced your plroblems, once you've felt the worst, you get better. I'm still not convinced, but having someone to talk to, who's non-judgememtal, is always great. Even if it makes you feel like shit. OP, you should try at least.

12 min later 6502198 Anonymous
>go to therapist for anxiety, depression, and anger issues >shrink turns out to be a qt guy >spaghetti goes flying >after a couple sessions he recommends me to a different therapist >shes a fat red head >shes more awkward than I am >I show up to my thrid appointment >she has permanent pit stains on her shirt >you can tell by the stains that she uses industrial strength antiperspirant >I suddenly feel better about everything >I am libereated Got 30mg of celexa, forced myself to be positive and now I'm pretty much alright. Life's breddy gud

14 min later 6502224 Anonymous
>>6502143 Sadly around my area its the only kind of therapy people seem to get. Nearly everyone and their dog is getting diagnosed with an "Anxiety disorder" I know so many people with "Anxiety" that I have honestly stopped thinking anything but "The morons who couldn't do a REAL science" about social workers and therapists.

16 min later 6502263 Anonymous
how much does a therapist cost per session? I have no health insurance

18 min later 6502297 Anonymous
>Go to doctor for checkup >Gives me a depression test >Apparently get a really bad score and get recommended for therapy ASAP >Required to go to a "mental health orientation" before I can see a therapist >Say they can't take me today, can't schedule an appointment online or over the phone have to just show up and hope they can take me >Start getting stressed from all hoops they keep making me jump through I hate doctors

18 min later 6502299 Anonymous
it depends, if the therapist is good it will benefit your life greatly if the therapist sucks you'll get nothing out of it and possibly end up worse and definitely less money i'm seeing one right now, actually my last session is on tuesday she's p cool and she's like 30 so she easy's to talk to and stuff

19 min later 6502302 Anonymous
>>6502224 Honestly, a lot of them are complete fucking morons who got a psych degree and couldn't get into a psych grad programs. There are a few really good ones, but it's honestly more of a natural skill than something that can really be taught. Sure, there are specific techniques and what not, but most of the time you're just flying by the seat of your pants and hoping none of your clients off themselves >wrongful death lawsuit >if someone kills themselves my professional life is completely finished >no job, sued for shit tons of money >congratulations, I get paid less than 40k for this >at least I can help people now and then

19 min later 6502309 Anonymous
>>6502263 Too much. Get insurance.

24 min later 6502375 Anonymous
>>6502302 Are you the Anon who's actually in the profession? this poster- >>6502119 If you are or hell maybe even if you aren't can you answer why nearly everyone I know has some "Anxiety disorder" is that just some code therapists use that actually means "There's nothing wrong with you but here's some prescription drugs that are basically 90% sugar" and they use it to get rid of people who are just looking for a reason to blame all their problems on some 'disorder'?

24 min later 6502379 depressed anon
im so afraid of reaching out, plus i dont have money for this shit, plus i dont want meds anyway. but i feel like i am losing myself. FUCK EVERYTHING. everything seems to give me less and less pleasure every day. even chewing food that wouldve been is uncomfortable recently. sorry 4chan, i know i suck :( i have no one to even turn to thanks for listening

24 min later 6502386 eeyore
I wish I could get good therapy. I hear CBT is good but I don't know anything about it.

26 min later 6502397 Anonymous
>be pretty much normalfag >be a medic student >constantly taught and told about suicide, depression, the drugs used to fix it, how to fix it, when to reach out, etc because it's so prevalent in medics. >depressed and suicidal about things outside of my control >sitting in class hearing all about myself >know exactly what's going on, and how to fix it, but can't

26 min later 6502405 depressed anon
*food that wouldve been delicious

31 min later 6502482 Anonymous
how does one even find a reasonable, trustworthy, good therapist? how does one find mental healthcare for free?

32 min later 6502494 Anonymous
>>6502482 >how does one even find a reasonable, trustworthy, good therapist? A lot of research >how does one find mental healthcare for free? By not living in America

35 min later 6502534 Anonymous
>>6502494 where would one conduct this research what are the qualities that make a "good" therapist?

36 min later 6502535 Anonymous
America doesn't believe in psychology because they're politically correct.

37 min later 6502558 Anonymous
>>6502535 We believe in it, it is just expensive as fuck

39 min later 6502579 Anonymous
>>6502386 >Doing CBT >20+ th session >no improvement Might want to try it yourself though.

40 min later 6502609 Anonymous
>>6502085 shiiieeet If they asked that during your first meeting or after a bumpy first meeting, then I would definitely lie about that, or say that I used to.

42 min later 6502640 Anonymous
>>6502085 >>6502609 When they say "Suicidal thoughts" they mean actively thinking about committing suicide, not just wondering about it

43 min later 6502665 Anonymous
I want to see someone about my suicidal thoughts and depression but I dont want to get locked up what do?

44 min later 6502679 eeyore
>>6502579 What do you do in CBT anyhow?

45 min later 6502683 Anonymous
>>6502679 you suck mad dick in a park niqqa we call it parkdick style

45 min later 6502694 Anonymous
What does it mean if in response to an upcoming event, I think "I'll be dead then, so it doesn't matter."

46 min later 6502707 Anonymous
>>6502640 Hoping not to wake up in the morning is considered suicidal thoughts. mfw therapists would never get over it and offered medication repeatedly.

47 min later 6502717 Anonymous
I've been going for a couple of months now and it's been a big help, it's pretty great finally being able to talk about shit that I've kept to myself my entire life. I think the biggest challenge is finding a good one, there really isn't much research you can do, people don't typically write reviews for therapists. Basically just make an appointment, and if you don't feel good about the person make an appointment with someone else.

47 min later 6502724 Anonymous
>>6502694 It means time to die. C'mon dude, you know the answer to that.

48 min later 6502733 Anonymous
Just a bit of advice, shop around. There are a lot of mental heath professionals. Some of them are just pure shit, most of them are a bad match for your shit and a few will actually make a worthwhile effect.

48 min later 6502740 Anonymous
>>6502679 Not much, a lot of talking. You learn to manage thoughts, to deal with them (socratic questionning, "These thougts are nothing but thoughts, nothing real, it's only my mind" ) Yep.

49 min later 6502752 Anonymous
>>6502198 Celexa is amazing it helped my anxiety and depression so much

51 min later 6502767 Anonymous
anyone else see the soothyside to suicide? is there a humane way to kill yourself without hurting loved ones?

52 min later 6502779 Anonymous
>>6502558 America's a joke if you have to pay to go to a psychiatrist, no wonder most people there are wackos

53 min later 6502783 Anonymous
>>6502767 You don't want anyone to have to deal with the corpse, that would be quite a shitty present. I was thinking about jumping from a brige, statistics are quite good and if the impact doesn't kill me I'll drown.

55 min later 6502806 Anonymous
>>6502779 America isn't really that bad, violence statistics are just inflated by people nobody cares about. The old people in charge of shit are crazy because they weren't breast fed as children.

1 hours later 6503181 Anonymous
>>6502198 >yfw that fat red head knew that was exactly what you needed to be happy >yfw the industrial grade perspirant was all according to keikaku

1 hours later 6503196 Anonymous
>CBT why do psychologists choose an acronym that also means cock ball torture why this is like the crudest freud joke ever

1 hours later 6503224 Anonymous
I want a diagnosis, but I am scared as fuck of being labeled crazy. I am currently doing an objective diagnosis of my life and would love to know what is wrong with my brains. Too bad will nevs get the chance.

1 hours later 6503228 Anonymous
I went to therapy once as a teen. I stopped going once I became overly self-conscious that my therapist was bored shitless of hearing me blabber on about my immature problems, so I spared the poor guy's time and stopped attending. The things you do with low self-esteem...

1 hours later 6503238 Anonymous
does anyone here have cyclothymia? i think i might have it but i'm not sure

1 hours later 6503247 Anonymous
>>6503181 >>yfw the industrial grade perspirant was all according to keikaku Aren't you a funny one.

1 hours later 6503253 Anonymous
>>6503196 Don't forget the >therapist >the rapist

1 hours later 6503257 Anonymous
I went to a psychologist twice in my life(once in childhood, again in my early teens) but I don't remember anything about it. It's kinda weird, actually. But nowadays I don't really like psychologists.

1 hours later 6503271 Anonymous
>tfw robin williams will never be your psychiatrist

1 hours later 6503440 Anonymous
I apparently went to a psychologist at some point when I was a child but I was completely unable to talk.

2 hours later 6504262 Anonymous
>Go to counseling >"Anon, if you mention suicidal thoughts, I will have to take further action." >"Do you have suicidal thoughts?" It's been a pretty bad experience, thus far.

3 hours later 6504457 Anonymous
>>6502263 youre probably gone but its about 100 an hour. thought most places have special rates for people with no insurance. not to mention some insurance plans dont cover these types of things, and i found out, some people with insurance prefer not to use it because its more convenient and private to just pay with cash and get out.

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