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 Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:56 pm
Have any of you ever seen a therapist, psychiatrist or any other psych specialist to resolve any issue. you can of course opt out by not saying anything at all if this is too personal but id like to know what your specialist thought you had and if you knew about psych at the time what you thought you had. what did you think of the experience as a whole, helpful or not.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:24 am
I remember seeing a therapist when I was very young because my parents set it upon me. I think it was because I had ADD and my parents wanted to have a better idea of how to raise me sucessfully. Well, I think they've done a very good job as I've run through high school and college with high grades and honors. At the time I was obviously too young to understand what the therapist's purpose really was. Mostly I just remember playing with this sandbox she had... heh.
Later on in college, I had a particularily rough time in life, I saw a psychiatrist a couple times to talk. I had, however, caring and supportive parents who were the prime influences who supported me at that time. The therapist, though, somewhat confirmed my personal theories about the person who had hurt me... that he had his own set of psychological problems and she pegged him as precisely what I thought he had. It was largely after that experience that I started taking upper-level college psych courses, despite the fact that psych was not one of my two majors.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:45 pm
I started seeing a therapist and nutritionist about 7 months ago for anorexia, but I don't think the therapist was entirely necessary. She basically confirmed some ideas I already had about the underlying causes and accused me of bulimia until I got so frusterated of telling her no I kind of shut her out. At the time I had already taken some psych classes and had researched and read books on eating disorders until I was pretty familiar with the way therapists treated them, so I suppose I probably didn't give her a fair chance.
Anyway, I think it was not necessarily an issue with therapy in general, but an issue with the specific woman- I have nothing against psychotherapy. smile
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:48 am
iv been thru theripist one after the other, i belive in order to be a theripist you need one, basically, if u havnt lived it, you may not be able to help as well as someone who has.
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:17 am
darkblackshroud iv been thru theripist one after the other, i belive in order to be a theripist you need one, basically, if u havnt lived it, you may not be able to help as well as someone who has. It's true that having experienced something firsthand adds understanding, but you can use indirect experience to gain great wisdom as well. I know some who work with people with many different sorts of problems, and just by spending so much time around such people you learn how to handle them and diagnose them.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:51 am
Starlock darkblackshroud iv been thru theripist one after the other, i belive in order to be a theripist you need one, basically, if u havnt lived it, you may not be able to help as well as someone who has. It's true that having experienced something firsthand adds understanding, but you can use indirect experience to gain great wisdom as well. I know some who work with people with many different sorts of problems, and just by spending so much time around such people you learn how to handle them and diagnose them. Besides, therapists treat all kinds, and personally I wouldn't want to go to a schizophrenic OCD bipolar autistic antisocial-disorder therapist with DID. biggrin Anyways, I've only been to a psychologist once, when my mom tried to get me diagnosed with ADD and depression. I lied on all the questionaires because while I'm fairly sure I have ADD, I've also learned to manage it and have no interest in therapy or medication.
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:44 am
I was to two. Almost every single one of them told me "
Shut up, I know what is good for you, now just take those 100$ drugs"
Such an intelligent answer
And ofcourse the drugs didn't help me, but the psychiatrist was sure that he knew better than me.
Oh and I cured myself from my
phobia
and
psychosis
by
hypnosis
and some other working methods
(Actually I think that even scientology is more sensful than what the psychiatrists are trying to sell. )
( I trully believe in the zen definition of craziness
everyone without a sense of humor is crazy
everyone who has a big ego is crazy
)
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:26 pm
I saw a psychiatrist since forever.
I was originally diagnosed with selective mutism.
I saw a million people for that. One person just
made me colour the whole time while my parents talked.
I always drew flowers when I didn't know what else
to draw and the imbiscile thought there was nothing
wrong with me and I was completely happy because of that.
Another person just made me do scratch art and tried to
get me to talk.
That kind of disappeared and during elementary
and middle school my parents were sure I had
ADD. I was seeing someone else who perscribed
meds to me.
Recently my school wanted proof of my disorder.
I had tests done and I didn't have ADD (I knew it).
This is around the time I became intrigued by
psychology and knew the basis of it. I knew I didn't
have ADD.
The guy said I was depressed. I am still on meds.
I knew I was depressed. I could have told them that
a loooong time ago.
My self diagnosis is manic depression.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:32 am
People always want an answer to this question- what am I? Am I worth living? Sometimes the answer is no. Then people often ******** up their lives with depresion and all those other nasty things. From my observation many americans like to put labels on their peers. I think that's an ego strenghthening mechanism. "I'm that". I'm this. Many, many psychologist I know don't know jack squat about anything, and just sell folks psychology colored with complicated words. The main problem I have with psychiatry is that their diagnosis is and will always be inacurate. That's because no one can actually go in to me and really look through my eyes. Most psychologists and psychiatrist for that matter give you a top snotch advice like " Go for a walk" "Chat with friends" or " Whatch a funny movie when you fell down" What a great advice this is. I know only of few (if any) psychologists that really give practical tools or non- common sense tips for changing the persons mindset. Of course most psychologists that do such things are said to be "manipulative". Actually since I'm talking to that depresed person over there. If you want to get over it this guy can help http://www.omnihypnosis.com/home.htm(Or any hypnotist trained by him for that matter) (If you live near him you might give it a go, this guy gives you your money back if he doesn't change your mental state to a one that's desirable for you. ) (Depresion -> happiness) (How much safer can it be?) Ps. if you're so interested in therapy and all that, you migh actually buy the "how to cure depresion with hypnosis" training video. Of course you need someon else to "do" the hypnosis on you.
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:02 pm
fille_en_papier I started seeing a therapist and nutritionist about 7 months ago for anorexia, but I don't think the therapist was entirely necessary. She basically confirmed some ideas I already had about the underlying causes and accused me of bulimia until I got so frusterated of telling her no I kind of shut her out. At the time I had already taken some psych classes and had researched and read books on eating disorders until I was pretty familiar with the way therapists treated them, so I suppose I probably didn't give her a fair chance. Anyway, I think it was not necessarily an issue with therapy in general, but an issue with the specific woman- I have nothing against psychotherapy. smile I think going to a therapist was necessary. I mean yes, anorexia is dealing with nutrition, and how you eat, scratch that XD dont eat, but it also deals with the fact that you are anorexic, no one who has anorexia thinks highly of themselves, hence the wanting to starve themselves to be "thin". The therapist helps you deal with those emotional problems you have, that started you into anorexia
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:06 pm
I went to, and am currently going to a therapist, I don't go often anymore though, actually barely at all. It's funny i used to go to therapy, and would listen to the therapist, and everything he said is what i analysed as well, i was like this is sooo cool, and anyways, enough of this hyper rant, i went to a therapist, because i had a hard time dealing emotionally with drugs. I had quit marijuana(i am currently a year and 2 months of being sober), and i had picked up immense depression, i started cutting myself, starting thinking i wasn't worth anything, basically i thought the whole world was against me, and i had no one(at least i thought). But the therapist, and as well my current friends(idiot brigade, lol funky name eh?) helped me out a lot. I still have my pits of depression here and there, but for the most part it's better
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:03 am
I go to a therapist for my parent's divorce and have been going for years.
Odd, it is.
But it's helped me tremendously in all angles of life.
I don't know if I just lucked out and managed to get a great therapist, but I did.
All is well in my world. It was very helpful.
She's never directly come up and said I had anything, but over the years we've identified that I was suffering from a severe depression and didn't know it because I suppressed thought of suicide and self-harm.
But... yeah. I think everyone should try therapy, at least once in their life.
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:50 pm
Yeah...'shrug', but you have to let them heal you and I didn't, I eventually healed myself.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:02 pm
I saw a speach therapist one time in second grade for a small studdering thing but thats all
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:53 pm
I saw several therapists a few years back due to a debilitating case of depression. I think it really helped me to have someone who would listen to me b***h and moan and would never tell anyone my secrets.
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