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duaiwe

Broken Things

Mar 15, 2008 04:17

I felt really good today. I'm not precisely sure why, but I've more or less been in a reasonably decent mood all day long. (Okay, there was a good 30-40 minutes I was in a little funk not long ago, but it seems to have passed ( Read more... )

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kvenkman March 16 2008, 01:22:50 UTC

Hey, just count it as one of those (good) days!

Have you thought about counseling? (I hate that question too...) I understand if you've probably heard this all before, but even if you don't think you need it, find a clinic somewhere and check things out.

When I had a counselor, it helped a lot just to talk about nothing and everything for an hour every couple of weeks to someone who would just LISTEN who wasn't a friend I needed to "hide" things from and sometimes help me problem-solve issues... (She was a bit gestalt, talk about whatever comes up and see what comes out of the session, I THINK it worked!)

Also the psychol-psychia-whatever--the one who can prescribe drugs... was a godsend for awhile. but who's to say everyone needs medication... pharmacists loved me... :P

yay! no gray! it's black but still kinda small in this box!

duaiwe March 17 2008, 04:55:47 UTC

I don't trust psychologists/psychiatrists. It's completely irrational, really. I think it's because I'm uncomfortable talking about generally personal things with people I don't know. (The irony is that I'm equally uncomfortable burdening my friends with my crazy.)

And I really hate medication. -any- kind of medication. I only take meds for headaches when they're exceptionally bad. So combined with my distrust of psychiatrists, that doesn't work so well.

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kvenkman March 17 2008, 06:34:11 UTC

I don't feel comfortable sharing things with psychs either but it works. After you get to know the person (Jennifer would say little things about her life, not too detailed but I guess that opened up my trust in her) it's not so bad. Then again I'd been going to her off and on since I was about 16.

To be honest, sometimes I would edit things I told her, but sometimes they were small details that I really didn't think were important.

They can't tell anyone anything about your sessions unless they believe what you said will bring harm to you or others (god, that sounded like a canned answer, I'm sorry!) --They are there to keep your best interests in mind ( ... )

phoenix_hawk March 17 2008, 00:12:01 UTC

yeah, self confidence...I've always wondered what that would be like.

On a slightly more serious note, I know it's banal to say everyone's crazy, but well...