Anyone go to a psychologist and it actually help them?

Madman Madman · #1 10-11-2007, 03:57 PM

I was thinking I really need one but i dont really see it working. I voluntarily pay and arrive and refuse to open up and i just waste my money is what would happen.

so did anyone get a shrink that actually helped you improve in life or was it basically just like you were paying someone to read your blog and compliment you.

-down in the dumps madman

DblBarrelJ · #2 10-11-2007, 03:59 PM

Good therapy is hard to find, if you do find some, stay away from the [censored]'s who want to dope you on pysch drugs.

xSCWx · #3 10-11-2007, 03:59 PM

I've gone to a couple throughout my life. I hated most of them.

I've noticed that female psychiatrists seem to be better because they seem less patronizing. I haven't reached the obligatory 100k sample size yet to know for sure though.

Georgia Avenue · #4 10-11-2007, 03:59 PM

Even if you dont really open up and lie to them about stuff it is helpful IMO I've done it and its helped me avoid SHOTGUN fer reals./

Split Suit · #5 10-11-2007, 04:00 PM

i see one weekly. and yes, very very helpful for me.

(issues: death in the family, parents divorce, financial hell, females, and some self-improvement stuff.)

just gotta work on being open. and saddly, just working on that for that hour, helps in relationships more than ud think

/strat in BBV4L

goofyballer · #6 10-11-2007, 04:15 PM

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Split Suit · #7 10-11-2007, 04:16 PM

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ldo. they ruin the brain if ur not careful

Tartufo · #8 10-11-2007, 04:19 PM

What is the point if you don't want to open up? Sit there and talk about the weather?

Dids · #9 10-11-2007, 04:21 PM

No.

I went to a guy to talk about my issues with motivation, he suggested doing stuff.

I was like "WHAT THE [censored] IF I COULD JUST DO STUFF I WOULDN'T BE TALKING TO YOU".

demon102 · #10 10-11-2007, 04:27 PM

I went for like 10yrs when I was a kid for social anxiety and they just had me sit there talking about my life (which doesnt do [censored] to help the proble) and then send me to another doc that prescibed me a ton of meds which I eventually ditch for real drugs that made me feel better. Eventually I found self help books that helped me learn the way the mind works and learned how to reprogram my head. At the end of all this all those docs seem like they can diagnose a problem but dont seem to fix anything at all. My mom went for a ton of yrs too and I cant say that it helped at all for her either.