Posted by Pandabear on February 28, 2004, at 18:34:15
In reply to Re: doing better but .....scared, posted by Miss Honeychurch on February 28, 2004, at 17:56:30
It was so good to read this. I started therapy 2 years ago going once a week..(which I thought at the time was wayyy to much...Then I backed to once every three weeks..(once a month) ...then...i crashed and had to start going twice a week....and now im doing once a week....I cannot think a bout going back to once a month...but I know its coming. I dont think im ever going to leave therapy...living literally right across the street...I will be able to get help if I ever need it...which is a good thing...
You are not the only one who is seeing behavior in others and wishing that they would see a therapist...my mom is one that I see that needs a therapist..but she is too scared of them. She believes that only "crazy" people see therapists...and the fact that im seeing one..for depression and anxiety and ocd and hypomania...is very odd..*she doesnt really see everything that has been happening to me..she just thinks im being rude to her and that I am just having mood swings...well, I was..but it wasnt normal..and now I am doing something about it...But yes, I do see many people that I wish were in therapy..and actually, my sister is one that suffers from depression and she has been on meds longer than me and she doesnt take it reguarly like she should so the times when she should be feeling good..she is depressed and I want to just shake her and tell her to take the medicine and that she will feel so much better..but of course ..i cant. I also see certain people and feel that I know exactly what is wrong with them. I have learned so much from my therapist..and she has inspired me to become a therapist...(its only a dream..im not going to go back to school) but what I have learned and am learing is great and its funny to me that I can see someone and know possibly what is "wrong" with them...like my mom...If I was able to ..i know exactly what I would diagnose her with...and I could have never known if I hadnt gone to therapy...but I cannot fix my mom...I can only fix myself..and this is something I have had to learn for myself.. you cannot change anyone..they have to change themselves....hard to learn.
Thanks again for telling me im not alone...I thought I was being weird and I hesitated about posting about it. Im going to bring it up with my therapist and see what she thinks about me being scared...im sure she has heard it before from someone else...:)
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