I've been seeing a counselor for 3 months now, so far I think its been very helpful for me to deal with some of my family issues. My counselor had hoped that my parents would join us, but my dad refused and I don't want to get into things unless they will both join me.
I've been seeing a counselor all summer and it has been very helpful experience. I'd recommend anyone to go see a shrink who is considering.
Yeah I have been to therapy. I went from when I was 13 to15 and a cognitive psychologist is what finally helped me kick my problem. It isn't feel good about youself therapy it is change the way you are. It is harsh but it works
Yup. I never wanted to, but after a few incidents in school I had no choice. But I know for almost certain, if it weren't for me seeing a Mental Health Specialist I definetly wouldn't be half as happy and satisfied as I am now. Just go, it can't make things worse right?
i have been recently for drugs, and not so recently for running away and my dad dying. i really dont think i benefited too much, i think i was smarter than the shrink, lol. i basically told him he was wrong, and explained why, and broke it all down for him, i dont think he liked me, i beat him at his own game, and thats his life, buncha games... but becky this makes your school problem and confirms my assumptions, i still think you coiuld help yourself more than any external factor, but thats just my belief...
Hi I'm Sage and I'm in theraphy..... Well after a fashion. It's my parents doing, for the most part. They figured I'm too shy*. So anyway, had to have counselling to boost my confidence and such. Been through three diffrent ones so far. 1# was a total idiot. She insisted I had to initiate the conversations (so as not inpining on my personal space or something) of course my entire bloody problem was I didn't start conversations. Fat lot of good that did. 2# Nice enough, didn't do much good but then I wasn't really open to it. Ultimatly I just used her as a way to get out of lessons and a sounding board for plot ideas. 3# the best so far, used to be my English teacher in high school which really helps. Made some real progress. *Shy is among my most hated words, it is so innacurate and patronising. Sometimes I feel like wearing a sign saying 'I'm not f***ing shy, I just don't want to speak to you' Told you I had issues
It's not that I'm shy... I just never know what to say and saying something obvious such as "Golly gee whiz, the sky looks awfully blue today" is out of the question because it's so obvious... mainly because I never have much to say... if I do I find myself not speaking my mind every so often... but don't we all... if we did speak all the time it could get uncomfortable because sometimes people don't always need to know what you're thinking although sometimes they want to. Most of the time I just don't have much to say... well, I often have a lot to say... I just know I shouldn't always speak... It depends on what I'm speaking about.
I have since valentines day of 2003...the first guy wanted to put me on meds after the 2nd visit....so we bounced..the 2nd lady was amazing..I still go to see her these days and she saved my life...most definitely
i dont remember saying it was, sometimes i feel like what i say goes in one ear and out your other. school is external, go re read.
im sorry i didnt understand what you meant when you said "this makes your school problem" i think you could help yourself more than any external factor- ok let me just remind you that you have no idea who i am, im not talking about this anymore. i'm sure that's my "problem" and that i'm "running away and hiding" and all of the advice you give me, but i dont want it.
I've always kind of wanted to.... but then I think: For one thing, what makes me think I could ever actually be..."open" with an actual person, particularly one with the motive of analyzing everything you say and do? For me, I can't see it being anything but strange and awkward and I would never be able to interact naturally. Of course, seeing as I have never BEEN in said situation, I can't really judge how I'd deal with it or feel about it. Also, how do you know they aren't telling your parents everything that worries them about you? I know in some situations, you have to sign something that allows your therapist to tell your parents if you mention anything about illegal activity or drug use, and if I had to leave out chunks of my life and watch everything I was saying*, that would defeat a lot of the purpose. In addition, I wouldn't want to go through acting like the bored middle-class whiner who couldn't deal with her own little problems and forced her family to spend huge amounts of money to drug her up and patch up her silly little life and make her feel good about herself. It's strange, I don't automatically hear that someone goes to counselling and think, ooh, they're weak, they can't deal with their own shit and have to go complain to someone else to tell them what to do. It's asking for help when you need it. But when I think about myself, it's option number 1. Basically, it's all pre-empted anyway by the fact that a large part of me doesn't WANT to get better, or think that I could. *Haha, this makes me sound like some kind of criminal. Don't worry, I didn't shoot anyone.
to my understanding, when you go to a therapist, regardless of your age, they can't tell anybody about what you talked about. they can tell your parents if they think you might hurt yourself, i dont know about the drugs, but thats not an issue for me
if we dont have any idea who you are, then WHY are you asking us for advice if you wont let us know who you are?
To be technical, she asked for anyone to share their own experiences with therapy if they had any. She didn't ask for us to judge on what we know about her whether she should go or not.
well it would make more sense to do that i think... and keep in mind, this is partly left over from her recent threads on here
LOL might be fun, can't really be bothered with mind games through. At least not in real life. They make for good stories though. Wow I completely agree, It's quite freaky how alike our mindsets are, we should talk some more. I have that 'problem' too. Not that a reluctance to say random crap is a really a problem. I knew a guy who had the opposite problem (a fear of silence) and he annoyed the hell out of everyone.
