|
|
Register | Netphoria's Amazon.com Link | Members List | Mark Forums Read |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
12-21-2007, 02:53 AM | #1 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
For those of you who have had good experiences with therapy, talk to me
I have struggled with depression since I was about 10 years old and when I was 15 I was made to go to a therapist because it reached a stage of self harm. I had a bad experience, all they wanted me to do was take medication, and the therapist tried to convince me all my problems could be traced back to my parents, which I disagree with.
I am now two months shy of 19, and I have become severely depressed again. In August I came out of a year long relationship with a girl, and my year with her was the only time in my recent life that I can ever remember being completely happy all the time. She moved to Costa Rica for college and refused to do the long distance relationship thing. Since I have fallen into a deep depression. Sometimes I feel too down to get out of bed in the morning. This wasn't my first breakup and as much as it hurt in the beginning I expected it to go away over time. It has actually gotten worse. Every day for the past three and a half months I have felt worse. I have been miserable every day. It has gotten to the point where I think about suicide a lot, and even though I don't think I have the guts to actually kill myself, I really do want to die a lot of the time. Please talk to me about good experiences with therapy and whether you think it could work for me, because at this point I don't know what else to do. |
|
12-21-2007, 02:55 AM | #2 |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
I had sex with my therapist
|
|
12-21-2007, 02:56 AM | #3 |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
also are you in college?
|
|
12-21-2007, 02:57 AM | #4 |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
also you need to become bitter
|
|
12-21-2007, 02:57 AM | #5 |
Banned
Location: so 1994 I could die
Posts: 15,964
|
also do you do dp
|
|
12-21-2007, 02:58 AM | #6 |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
also that woody woodpecker av doesn't seem like you're depressed
|
|
12-21-2007, 02:59 AM | #7 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
I am in community college.
|
|
12-21-2007, 02:59 AM | #8 |
huh
Posts: 62,456
|
if your goal is to be completely happy all the time then i think you're being unrealistic
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:00 AM | #9 | |
huh
Posts: 62,456
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:02 AM | #10 | |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Quote:
Also, I cannot afford to pay for college and neither can my parents |
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:03 AM | #11 | |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:03 AM | #12 |
glug glug glug
Location: Island of jocks and jazz
Posts: 8,929
|
I'm thinking about getting a therapist, a psychologist. I'm currently seeing a shrink and while he's capable and a prominent doctor, our outlooks on life are very different. I'm basically using him to get the meds I need and I only have to see him once a month or less.
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:04 AM | #13 | |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:05 AM | #14 | |
huh
Posts: 62,456
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:05 AM | #15 | |
Minion of Satan
Posts: 5,443
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:09 AM | #16 | |
Braindead
Location: I was just reading, right?
Posts: 15,023
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:11 AM | #17 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
How would a 4 year school be any different though? I am very lost here, I would be very lost there, and possibly even more lost. And my grades might not be too good here this semester. I did really well in three of my classes but I am fairly sure I completely failed math.
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:12 AM | #18 | |
Immortal
Posts: 25,684
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:13 AM | #19 | |
huh
Posts: 62,456
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:15 AM | #20 |
Minion of Satan
Posts: 5,443
|
redbreegull, I have had good experiences with talk therapy and I know that it can help you. If you aren't comfortable with the therapist, then find a different one.
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:16 AM | #21 |
Apocalyptic Poster
Location: san diego
Posts: 1,435
|
aint got time for bitches
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:17 AM | #22 | |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:19 AM | #23 | |
huh
Posts: 62,456
|
Quote:
|
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:21 AM | #24 |
Minion of Satan
Posts: 5,443
|
I would recommend spending some time in therapy before making any decisions. It has been my experience that entering stressful situations while extremely depressed is a recipe for failure. Go into therapy with an open mind, and be patient.
Are you against taking medication? |
|
12-21-2007, 03:22 AM | #25 |
The Man of Tomorrow
Posts: 26,965
|
Go out and get laid.
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:22 AM | #26 |
Socialphobic
Location: The Filthy South
Posts: 11,300
|
I'm with Waraw. Everyone I know who has had any success with therapy had to shop around to find a therapist that jived with them.
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:25 AM | #27 |
Braindead
Location: I was just reading, right?
Posts: 15,023
|
check your pms brah, i have some insight
|
|
12-21-2007, 03:30 AM | #28 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
I am not completely against medication but I strongly disliked both the meds I was on previously. I was on prozac which made me feel antsy and uncomfortable, and then I was on another of which I forget the name which made me feel completely 100% flat and apathetic to everything. My ability to feel emotion ceased entirely. I told this to the psychiatrist and he basically told me that is what antidepressants did. So I took myself off of it. We actually looked into switching therapists/psychiatrists at that time, but we found out that our medical insurance thru Kaiser would not support anybody else. So if I go I have to pay out of my own pocket. How expensive is it?
Edit: Also, if I really wanted to go out and get laid, there is an extremely attractive young woman whom I dated for a bit after my bad breakup who unfortunately fell entirely in love with me in that time and I'm sure would be completely willing to do whatever I wanted to do if I really wanted it. But I am 99% sure that it would make me feel a lot worse. |
|
12-21-2007, 03:34 AM | #29 |
Immortal
Posts: 20,964
|
My mother sent me to this therapist once when I was about 14 or 15 because she found out that I'd cut myself. It was a cool guy, but he couldn't help me at all, so I stopped going.
Bad move, but what do you know. Whenever I ask doctors etc about therapy, they always recommend a psychoanalyst first, then further treatment if necessary. |
|
12-21-2007, 03:34 AM | #30 |
The Man of Tomorrow
Posts: 26,965
|
That 1% chance means you should do it.
|
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|