Today, after several sleepless nights full of crying, I went to my university's free help center. After telling the psychologist my problems and asking what to do, he looked at me blankly and said, "Uh, it's not depression, I guess. You should go out more and, like, party some more." FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I went to the doctor. I told her I felt down all the time. She asked me a few questions and she told me I was depressed. She suggested to go home and find the sources of my depression. When I told my parents, they started laughing and said "Yeah, right." I think I found my source. FML
Today, a therapist told me that I was too depressed to attend his depression group meetings. FML
Today, I finally found the words to describe how I felt after two years of depression. I asked on Yahoo Answers what I should do next. The most 'helpful' answer told me to go on a picnic. FML
Today, I was talking to my professor and explained how depressed and stressed out I am. He called the police to my house because he thought that would help with my suicidal thoughts. My parents don't believe in mental health, and I want to die more. FML
Today, my mother told me to 'quit having a pity party'. I was just diagnosed with depression. I've lost my boyfriend, my job, my academic standing, and I just got rejected from every graduate school I applied for. And my mother thinks I'm a cry baby. Great. FML
Today, in a deep depression, on my worst night, I reached out to a lifeline. Waited an hour for the counselor to arrive, listen for a few minutes, then tell me I should, "Get my mind off of it by planning my prom, sewing a dress or painting my nails." The application clearly shows I'm an adult man. FML
Today, I suffered a mental breakdown. I told my roommates about it, and they decided to throw a very loud party while I was sobbing in my room, unable to sleep. My Xanax prescription ran out, I have no more sick days, and I have to wake up in two hours to work a ten hour day. FML
Today, my shrink diagnosed me as severely depressive, due to a lot of stress and yells at home. After the session, my parents argued about whose fault it was and then went on to yell at me for being depressive and wasting their money. FML
Today, I finally got time to take a nap. Later, my mom asked me if I was depressed because I didn't leave my room for 3 hours. She talked to my dad about it, and now my family thinks I'm depressed because I slept for 3 hours. FML
Today, I went to the local emergency room, upon recommendation of my psychiatrist, because I was depressed to the point of being suicidal. They sent me home because there were no beds available. FML
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jentrynicole 20
You need to go see a real counselor. Depression is a serious issue and to have someone the school employs take it so lightly is really worrisome.
MasterGamer591 13
Some people don't really understand from others point of view.
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TomeDr 25
Two words: second opinion.
LeBaron2000 13
Same thing happend to me, i was told to go Camping and drink a beer once in a while. i went to a diffrent doc to get a 2nd opinion. i was then diagnosed with Major clinical Depression. but treatment helped very good!
dayavera 9
if he graduated from the same college, think about applying for another college lol!
wertyo102 7
Lots of universities have students working in their mental health centers so that they can gain real world experience that goes towards graduating. There's supposed to be a certified psychologist around in case the student doesn't know what to do, though, since these are delicate issues and things just like the OP described could happen. It was probably the guy's first time trying to diagnose somebody and he was thrown off by how much more difficult it is when it's not just a case study in a textbook. That doesn't make what happened alright -- he should have handled things differently -- but it's a potential explanation for the way he acted.
Already_Dead 15
What an ass. Don't let that discourage you from finding real help. You need it. Depression is very serious, and I know first-hand what it's like untreated. I still haven't gotten over mine, and there are days when I seriously would rather die than continue in this world. PLEASE GET HELP!!
kjbush 7
find new people to interact with.
Hash13 13
I agree depression is a serious issue and I suffer too. You could still give his advise a try. Go out and let any emotion you feel pass through you. That is feel yourself feeling it.
crazymadimadz 12
that doesn't sound like a professional psychologist, go and see your doctor or someone outside of the university that specialises in it, I can tell you from experience, school/ educattion counselors are not the best, I had one i hysterics about a nightmare I had, because she didn't find it scary at all, and it was obviously scary for me and made feel stupid that it would scare me so much, I feel your pain, going to a doctors and professional psychologists are the way to go on this one
nuh717 8
here in my area there were used to be small gathering of elder people who were to listen to people's problems and suggest solutions, that counseling group held persons from all walks of life, their main aim was to get a person out of his loneliness and help him becoming a better person
Omniprism 15
Asshole. Complain to the school and find someone real who'll help you.