Today, and every time I meet a new therapist for support, I’m told that my issues are out of their scope of practice, and I get referred to someone who’s supposed to more experienced, and then get told the same thing. I’m too fucked up to even get the therapy I need to get better. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my therapist told me she can’t see me by herself anymore because frankly I have so many problems, I need separate therapists, each with their own specialties, to work together on me as a team. I didn’t think it was that bad. FML
Today, my therapist told me, "I'm sorry, but I'm not qualified to handle your level of instability." FML
Today, I’m mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted, and I feel like the only person I can talk to who actually listens is my therapist. FML
Today, I’ve been on the waiting list for therapy for months, after years and years of childhood trauma. I’m haunted daily by the memories of what happened and I’m still no closer to the top of the list. I’m broken inside. FML
Today, a therapist told me that I was too depressed to attend his depression group meetings. FML
Today, my therapist broke up with me after almost 3 years. I can’t pay people to listen to my problems. FML
Today, I finally built up the courage to seek professional help for my eating disorder. Apparently I don't meet the criteria, so I was denied help and got sent away. So basically, I'll have to get even sicker for them to take me seriously. FML
Today, I started self-harming again. My therapist keeps switching the subject when I try to bring it up, and my best friend has called me attention-seeking and selfish so many times in the past year that I’m too scared to ask for her support. I have nobody else to talk to. FML
Today, my psychiatrist literally said the words, ”I don’t know how to help you anymore” to me. I have never felt more hopeless. FML
Today, I started seeing a therapist for my depression. While I was looking through the magazines in the waiting room, I found an article accusing people who see therapists of being selfish and having no real problems. FML
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Iifa 7
Not all therapist are qualified in your specific issues/conditions. It is better to research therapist to match your symptoms than just show up and hope for best. Took me decades, only to finally find out the issues where physical and mental issues were all related to physical symptoms. Research
Yudith 28
Then, after months of research, you will finally meet the boss therapist, the one who all therapists worship in secret because he knows all the answers. And it will be a young woman with wisdom beyond her years. And she will proceed to tell you about all of her past lives as therapist, and the knowledge she gained during that time. And after you tell her about your situation, she will nod, and you will know that she really, truly understands.
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Iifa 7
Not all therapist are qualified in your specific issues/conditions. It is better to research therapist to match your symptoms than just show up and hope for best. Took me decades, only to finally find out the issues where physical and mental issues were all related to physical symptoms. Research
Yudith 28
Then, after months of research, you will finally meet the boss therapist, the one who all therapists worship in secret because he knows all the answers. And it will be a young woman with wisdom beyond her years. And she will proceed to tell you about all of her past lives as therapist, and the knowledge she gained during that time. And after you tell her about your situation, she will nod, and you will know that she really, truly understands.
Marcella1016 32
...and then she will break the news to you that, unfortunately, your issues are outside her scope of practice.
RichardPencil 32
They probably don't think you have a real problem. It's all in your head!
wysegirl 24
So prove them all wrong. Do you're research and figure out how to heal yourself.