Re: I am very emotionally unstable
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I think before anyone ever seeks professional help, they should try to exercise some every day, find a physical hobby that gets them outside and tries to eat well.
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I don't mean to sound offensive, and I know you are genuinely giving advice to the best of your ability, and of course healthy living can be beneficial to one's state of mind but as a psychologist I just don't like it when people advise others whom they know nothing about that they diet or excerise is the answer. You don't know this guy, and to say that anyone should delay in seeking professional help ever is not necessarily a good thing to do. I hope that doesn't come across badly, but people who view psychological problems as being due to diet do so because they just aren't familiar with psychological issues.
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If I were a psychologist, I would definitely take issue with my advice, after all, you could be charging him per hour to tell him this, if it is the root. If its not, then it still got him outside and a little healthier. I might be slightly biased, I am close to graduating with a double major in psych and kinesiology which I am planning to take to grad school. Maybe afterwards I'll rethink my statement. In the meantime, I stand by it. And clarification, I did not say "diet or excerise is the answer", I said that it might be.
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