Anyone have experience with therapists? I have social anxiety and I think its leading to depression, but I refuse to go to someone who’s gonna throw me some pills and kick me out.
share your suicide story
Report Post
Please log in to report posts
10 comments
Iv had counselling it works if u get on with the people if u feel a connection anxiety tablets do help a lot
How do the anxiety tablets make you feel?
The slow your heart rate down so if your getting anxious hearts racing breathing fast sweaty hands it basically stop most of the symptoms
The ones who tend to be primarily medication managers are psychiatrists (in fact they are the only mental health practitioners who can prescribe medication). Counselors, psychologists, etc. are the ones who sit and talk to you.
Keep in mind that there are many different types of therapy and that counselors and psychologists have differing opinions and personalities. If one type of therapy doesn’t work, or one counselor doesn’t meet with your approval, try something or somebody else.
I’ll keep that in mind, thanks
I second mysteriousvisitor. You can get help from a therapist without having to see a psychiatrist (the pill throwers). I have both, but I saw just a therapist for two full years before seeing a psychiatrist at all. So you don’t even need to see one of you don’t want to (although it’s okay if you want to).
And remember: if the first therapist doesn’t suit you, or makes you uncomfortable, just switch to a different one. Sometimes, it takes some time to find a match, and having to go through that minor inconvenience of changing is worth it, because that’s far better than getting stuck with a therapist who either won’t help or make you feel worse (which is what happened to me for a while.)
Best of luck to you!
Thank you
But not much feeling from them mayb a lil dry mouth
I just started therapy a couple months ago, and I like it. If nothing else it’s nice to be able to explain what I really think or feel to someone who can’t gossip about it and is either not judging at all or is very good at acting non-judgmental from years of training. Like others have said, therapists aren’t pill-throwers, so it’s fine to talk to a therapist for a while and decide later if you want to see a psychiatrist and get meds. Talking things out can sometimes be a little bit of a reality check as well. I would recommend it.
Advice : go but don’t listen to their babble just pretend you’re insane and get as many prescriptions as possible.