I wish I had a REAL therapist!

Personally, I don't think talking about prolems over and over can help after a while. A professional SHOULD be able to help but maybe you just haven't found a good one. My advice is to get a life coach who will implement positive changes in your life. I don't have a therapist but I did have grief counselling for a short period of time and found that helped to move on. I would not have found it helpful if it went on for years and years though. I just think implementing positive changes (one small step at a time) and breaking old patterns and habits helps immensely. Just think of what advice you would give someone in your shoes and take the advice.

i am bipolar and i also have anxiety disorder just when i get comfortable with 1 therapist they go somewhere else and i get a new one and i have to start all over dumping the history dont they read their files dont get a chance to get along i go thru so many i think i have finally found 1 good one and i will be with her for a long time she does help me she lets me vent and then we talk and try to find answers to the questions so she is really good we get along wonderful and yes she helps me

I think the best way to medicate a mental health is through having someone to talk to and understands you. The person doesn't have to a therapist, sometimes therapists are not sincere and that's why their facial expression shows. Patients will know when they are not honest. Having somebody to talk to you, hear your problems, share your fears and dreams and everything under the sun and the moon will really help you heal. I hope this helps you. Have a nice day, friend! I hope you will find the most suitable person soon.

My psychiatrist put me on Lamictal for my bipolar disorder, and it is working wonders for me.

wow! i thought i had problems. i do not know about going therapist but i will send you a priv message to what to do. hope it helps. i will not write it here cause there are too many people who is out to criticize everything under the sun without actually trying it out. i want you to give it a try. it helped me and still does after these many years.

I have a little experience about therapists, I was seeing one when I was in college. I can't say that he helped me solving my problems but I think it is not about the therapist, it is about the patients! I remember that I have always lied and lied during the sessions. I mean I didn't tell honestly about what I was suffering for, so it was already not possible for him to help me in any manner. You should first convince yourself to be open and willing to tell before going to a therapist, then you can decide whether he/she is good or not. That is what my case was about.

A long time ago I entered graduate school to become a clinical psychologist. I did not finish. One of the reasons I did not is that I concluded that for the most part, therapists do not help their clients. IMHO, most people who get better while in therapy actually help themselves with the therapist just happening to be there when it happens. If I'm right, that means your really good friends and family (people who actually know and love you) can help you as much or more than most therapists. The thing of it is that you have to sort out the good from the bad advice, then follow the good advice. This is not easy to do. Here's some free advice. Write down the problem behaviors you want to change. Make a list. For each item on the list make another list of what you are doing, thinking or who you are associating with right before or as the problem behavior is occuring. Now, work on not doing, not thinking, and not associating with the people and things on these secondary lists. The items on the secondary lists, the things paired with the problem behaviors, are discriminatory stimuli which are paired in your behavioral history with what you do not want to do. Talk to one of your current therapists about this idea. See what they think. Maybe they can help you with this. Sometimes people can help themselves doing what I've described. Good luck.

I found a therapist I really like I just started going to. I think that is what a lot of it is about is finding someone you're comfortable with and feel that is going to help you in the long run.

Jennifer. please do not take this personally, but you do have a lot of different problems, and a few of them destructive. As for a therapists being nice, I do not believe that is necessary. What i do believe is some one getting you help to help your self. Because ultimately it is you that will have to do all the hard work. And some one that is requiring you to do work is not necessarily going to be nice. I also believe that there is a root cause to most of your problems, and sorting that out is going to take time and effort. I have to wonder if you are prepared to do what it takes, I know I kept hoping some one would come along with a magic wand and make me all better. or give me a medication any thing but me having to get down and dirty, and accept that i had a problem and what was the best way to sort it out. I know I spent almost 50 years looking for that miracle cure. It was only when I learned about who I was that I was able to change what I was.And the road trip is far from over but I love myself now rather than hate and be disgusted as I was then. So hang in there it will happen but again you have to at least have an open mind willing to see, that you are capable of change. This is my personal experience and advise please do not take offense, or feel that it is a personal attack. I do care as I have been there and it is awful to say the very least.

first and foremost take your medications as prescribed it is a big factor and try to make do with your present therapist and if you really feel that you are going nowhere with this therapist then stop going and check the clinic they might be able to assign you to another one. good luck and keep your chin up nobody is beyond help unless one refuses it.