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Written by Nouse 8. May 2008 07:46 PM

Hi,

I went to see my Psychiatrist today and in light of what has happened in the last few days, he has completely changed directions dealing with it.

He feels that if i am not wanting to cause a rift with my family, then telling them what has happened is not going to help relieve my depression or anxiety, it will in fact make it worse. He is pretty sure that it would be just the thing to push me right over the edge, and he wants to steer away from that possibility for obvious reasons. He asked if i thought this person would carry out his threats, and i said yes i thought he would. So he said it is not the direction he wants to go.

I told him i need to get this crap out of my head, and telling my family wouldn't relieve that, he is the only one that knows the full story. He said i need to work on telling myself that it is my choice not to tell my family, tell myself that i WON'T, rather than CAN'T. He said that this will put me in charge of my thoughts, and we can work on them little by little. I'm not totally convinced it will work, but i have to try something, this is messing with my head pretty badly to the point that i am so damn scared of even myself.

I promised myself i would get through the session without crying, but let myself down again, i seem to set myself up to fail. I am so tired i think, i can't think straight anymore, but getting 3-4 hrs sleep a night will do that to a person i suppose.

He has put me back on some meds i was on before to help me sleep, so i will give them another go, can't get worse i suppose.

Well, i'm sorry for rambling on, i always have a messed up head when i have had a session the psych, i am exhausted from crying too, so all in all, i'm a mess!!!

Take care all,

Nouse

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Comments from the community:

Nouse

Be guided by your psychiatrist and use the cbt thoughts he suggested and hopefully you will get through this. Baby steps are okay.

Go Nouse!!!

Mrs Studying1

Written by studying1, 8. May 2008 09:17 PM

Nouse

You can say ... I told you so... your instincts are right... trust in them... good you talked it out with your psych... and won't think about it... you are in charge... and to cry is not a failure... it is a good release... you felt safe enough with your psych to let go and that is a good thing... and your mess is my clean...

take care

rgds
cate

Written by cateblack, 8. May 2008 09:57 PM

Hi Nouse,

I like the sound of your psychiatrist, very wise by the sounds of things. Sometimes all we can do is take teeny tiny steps and it's great that he recognises that's all you can do at this stage.

The ball is in your court and you can say and do whatever you want to whenever you want to, and if you don't want to cause any conflict at the moment that is your choice and it should be respected.

I think it's great that you know that you're not strong enough at the moment to face a great "confronting" with your issues. They're your issues and your entitled to deal with them as you see fit.

Hope the med's help with your sleep, sounds like you definitely need some more of that, it certainly goes a long way to getting you stronger. My psych prescribed Seroquel for my sleeping because I was only getting a few hours a night and now I sleep through and it's made a remarkable difference.

Thinking of you often,

Luv fly xxx

Written by fly, 8. May 2008 11:10 PM