You should ask your girlfriend to practice Expressive Therapy For Depression . You will see the results yourself.Read More...

I find it very scary that T's have so much power over those of us who go to them for help. On their word alone, you can be put into a mental hospital or even arrested. That is one reason I am so scared to really open up with a T. I chose my words very carefully. I too had a T talk down to me, (in my opinion) and mocked me. She was fired. I might add...it's not her time, it's your time.Read More...

Skylnyx..I totaly agree with you. Most of the time it is not about sex. It's about acceptance in my situation. Society uses sex as a weapon. I prefer female doctors, (T's and MD's) because I feel like they have more compassion. I am new to this forum and am getting into some of the posts. I applaud the people who post here. They show great strength even if they do not see it in themselves. I have found over the years what people don't say speaks louder that what they do say. Some of the...Read More...

Hi RadicalRave, First, welcome! Second, you might want to repost your story to another subforum, either "Stories and Personal accounts about therapy" or "Questions about content on Myshrink and/or therapy" because apparently in this subforum here there are not very many posts and thus people don't read it very often and thus you just won't get the support and feedback you probably need. I did not have time to read very carefully your full story but I certainly believe that there is a way...Read More...

(((((Chris))))) First of all, you are going and have gone through A LOT. Second of all, THANK YOU for typing all that info, because I know that it must have taken a lot of effort to put it together right, and to even think for that matter due to the condition you suffer must have been EXTREMELY hard.. I can definately tell you are a VERY strong individual, and that you have HOPE inside you.. It's there wailing out for someone to rescue you from the UTTER HELL you're experiencing. NEVER LOSE...Read More...

BH, Hi...Just happened to see this post. There is no such thing as "normal". Try to believe that. Try to stay in the present also. Working through family garbage takes a very long time. I have the scars to prove it. But it sounds like you are heading in the right direction. Speaking about your pain is where a lot of the healing takes place. But try to accept that is a long, slow process. You'll see...in time you will begin to feel better, I promise!Read More...

FW--yes, I am going through this as we speak. I am in legal proceedings and my lawyer says it is in my best interest to have my therapy notes sent over. My T filled out a "mental health survey" on me and I had to pay $25 for the printing of 4 years of notes. Once I read through them, I didn't want to included them. Even my T said it could hurt my case if I didn't include them, as it may look like I had something to hide. Believe me, I didn't want any one else to look at these notes, but I...Read More...

When I am feeling anxious I look at my life and see if there is anything that might be contributing to my anxiety like have I prolonged something that needs to be taken care of have I been doing good self care like exercise, have I been inviting healthy relationships into my life. I used to wake up and hate life and not want to leave the house I had just moved to a new city and now realize I was taking the wrong medication an antidepressant believe it or not caused my anxiety to be worse.Read More...

Hello Guys i have been dealing with mental health problems for several months now, and I have trouble with my family.I really want to discuss such problems openly with them but how i will tell my family about mental health concerns?Thanks a lot!! Anaheim Hills gymRead More...

Just had a quick look at this blog and it seems really good - I've bookmarked it to go read at my leisure. Thanks for the link SG, and nice to see you're still around in the background LLRead More...

Hi, I'm so sorry to hear about what has happened, are you ok? I mean howare you dealing with all this?Read More...

DBT?Read More...

I liked it! It is very interesting and thoughtful. I like your pictures, fun! and they complimented your text nicely and were humorous. :0D Editing is fun, yes? I love television and cut a number of projects too. As one editor to another I would like to make a technical suggestion, ( I am not trying to bash on your video) shorten the time the slides are on screen. They felt a little long and I believe the longer clips slow the video down. That was just my feeling. I look forward to seeing...Read More...

I know how you feel. I yelled at my first shrink the he did nothing, and I wanted to hit him too. My current T has endured a lot of abuse too. I also wanted to hit her. I told her this and she looked a little concerned, I have a history of being VERY aggressive. My psych said to me during one of my visits I was making good progress in my therapy. Really? I asked what does that mean? He told me I was much calmer and I didn't worry as much. Really? I asked my therapist what does it mean I am...Read More...

This topic was posted awhile ago but, I would like to respond in case anyone else reads this post. Before I started my recovery, codependence is one of the problems, I put up with a lot of BS in relationships and dished out a lot of BS myself: he cheated, I cheated, I was in open relationships ( a least I thought they were open), one guy even married a woman behind my back and I STILL kept seeing him. I now realize my fears which were: I will not find another, this is the best I could do,...Read More...

I cried while reading the article. It was very moving.Read More...

I can't hug my T or my psyc. I am afraid I will not let go.Read More...

Hi Beebles - This is from Wikipedia on CCHR: "The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is an advocacy group established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.[1][2][3] The group promotes several video campaigns which support views against psychiatry. The organization holds that mental illness is not a medical disease, and that the use of psychiatric medication is a destructive and fraudulent practice.[4] The CCHR continues to be entirely controlled by and...Read More...

That is why I asked you if you have ever considered EMDR. It doesn't involve talking about the trauma. As I said in my previous post, often, for some people talking about the trauma actually makes it worse and can result in the flashbacks and nightmares that you describe. The SI is a sign that you are destabilized and before any work on trauma is done, steps should be taken to reground you and get you stable. It can be dangerous to work on trauma material in the state that you are...Read More...

ok. Am I there yet?Read More...

Thank you Scott et al! : )Read More...

Thanks for that post Scott, hope all is well. ShrinkladyRead More...