Going to a therapist - kinda long, please help. Past experiences wanted?!
Question: Going to a therapist - kinda long, please help. Past experiences wanted?
There problems relate to heavy anger and depression problems, and I have millions of random, deep physiological thoughts and feelings that I'm afraid he'll think I'm crazy.
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well, if you are a teenager, they have to keep everything confidential except if 1.abuse is going on, 2. you say you are going to hurt other people. 3.you say you are going to hurt yourself.
that's what mine told me, I only went one time (my mom couldn't afford it)
but anyways, you should be able to open up :)
I don't tell my therapist everything. The important stuff yes, but deeply personal, horrifiyingly shameful, potentially embarassing stuff I keep to myself. If you are suicidal, then be honest with him and get the help you need. If you only have passing suicidal thoughts or feel like you'd be 'better off dead', but don't intend to kill yourself then it's up to you; they usually understand these feelings. I'm always a bit scared to admit to any suicidal thoughts for fear of being committed against my will(!) but I'm not even sure they can do that w/o your cooperation. Perhaps express to him this fear you have; tell him that you fear consequences perhaps he can set your mind at ease.
"Crazy" is not what he thinks; he's there to help. He can offer perspectives that you haven't or can't see. If you're having homicidal thoughts, then you *do* need 'severe' help but you have to accept it.
"Possession" is only nonsense & religious myth. Mental illness is a chemical/physical problem not a religious one.
"crazy" is a derogatory term for people suffering from mental illness. there is no such thing as "crazy" just mental illness.
you can trust your therapist. they are ethically and legally bound to keep your conversations private. you won't get help unless you tell them what is going on. it would be like going to the doctor for chest pain but never telling the doctor that you had chest pain.
In order for them to help, you really have to open up. You have to step out of your comfort zone and be vulnerable enough to see where these problems are coming from. It doesn't seem very professional to me that the first therapist would just shoo you away. But you do have to give them something to work with. It may be awkward, but they do have the best intentions to help you.
have you tried pot?