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I'm a mother of 2 boys who are 13 months apart. Talk about a handful. I'm a wife to the best husband I could have ever dreamed of.I'm one of the very blessed.
I have Bipolar 1 Disorder. I hate taking all these medications and always going to doctors appointments, but life is too short to let mental illness get the better of me.
Often times life is a challenge, and nobody knows that better than me. I wake up wondering if this is going to be a day my illness overpowers my meds, and either sends me flying like a bat out of hell, or leaves me laying on the couch like a wet dish rag.
Thank all that is good in the world that I have an excellent support system at home.
I'm one of the lucky ones.
I'm honest, and that can either be a perk or s flaw. Depends on how you choose to look at it.
I like to see it as a perk, because it's better to hear the truth than to be told candy coated bullshit.
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13/f okay so i used to go to a pshychiatrist because i have problems with depression and cutting. every time i had to go i would dread it for days and when i would get in the building i would feel really sick. just picturing my psychiatrists face makes me want to throw up. i get so nervous when i get in there and i hate it how she asks quetions and i always lie to everything. i just hate going there it makes me even worse, she seriously doesn't help AT ALL. i tell my dad over and over that i hate her and i hate going to her but he wont listen to me. it's not her that i hate, because if i really had to think about it, she's nice, a just hate going to someone and being forced to talk. i hate talking about any of my problems and i hate it how people know about them. every time i go i get even more depressed any my anxiety gets worse and so does the cutting. i don't know what else to do because no one will listen and no one cares that i hate it, they all think its helping me and making me better. i get forced every week to go and when i get there for an hour straight the lady just sits there and stares at me, we barely even talk. all it's doing is wasting time and money. i don't know what to do or say to her or my dad, please help!
Well, in order for therapy to help you, you have to be honest. A good start would be opening up to her about how going to her makes you feel, how you hate being there, etc. Don't worry, her feelings won't be hurt.
Don't feel forced to say anything. She sits and looks at you waiting for you to be READY to say something. Therapy is about you, not the psychiatrist.
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