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DolphinsRLife99
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PathStep 576 Compassion hearts110 Forum posts315 Forum upvotes452 Current upvotes452 Age GroupAdult Last activeSeptember, 2022 Member sinceDecember 3, 2016
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How and Can You Contact An Old Psychiatrist?
Depression Support / by DolphinsRLife99
Last post
 April 8th, 2020
...See more I feel like contacting my old psychiatrist to get a proper closure on our sessions before potentially finding a new one that would be better for my budget. I abruptly stopped going to him 3 years ago when I had been in a really, really dark place and my parents confiscated my anti-depressant medication, forcing me to quit cold turkey, as they believed that the medication was making me feel worse rather than better. Fortunately, I did not suffer any side effects as far as I knew and in fact, I had been getting a lot better on my own up until recently when I started my internship. From there, I suddenly wasn't able to cope as well and now I'm wondering if I should seek out my old psychiatrist just to tie up those loose ends, close the chapter and move on. Although I would not mind going back to him since I feel that I am a lot more honest and aware of my feelings now, I still don't earn enough money to be able to fork out a hundred or two every week to see him. Plus the fact that my internship is ending this month. So my two main questions are: 1) Should I contact him in the first place? Is this a legitimate reason to? 2) Should I schedule an appointment to talk things out or can I just do this over email? Thank you for reading and I hope to hear some responses soon ><
Does Anyone Else Here Experience High Functioning Depression?
Depression Support / by DolphinsRLife99
Last post
 May 23rd, 2019
...See more Heya, okay so like I know it's not a good thing to self-diagnose but I think I might have some symptoms of high functioning depression or dysthymia and that epiphany has really helped me to figure out just why I can feel like poop yet be able to somewhat function in life. Unlike most, even when I don't feel like getting out of bed, I can still push myself to get out. I can still push myself to eat instead of starving. I can go to school, have some semblance of a social life and even engage in hobbies. But that doesn't mean I don't have those dark periods where everything seems hopeless and that there's no future and all that jazz. In fact, I tend to overeat and suffer from sleep problems very often. However, because of my ability to function, I've managed to convince myself that I'm not actually depressed and that I've just made everything up for attention. (Plus, it doesn't help that everyone else arounds me enforces that idea on me anyway.) So even when I've reached the lowest of lows, I can still somehow tell myself that my feelings aren't valid and that people have it worse so therefore I should just suck it up and stop being such an attention seeker. But after watching some videos on the matter, something just kind of clicked. Does anyone else feel this way or at least experiences something similar? I really don't encourage self-diagnosis but I don't know... It would just explain a lot of the stuff I face in my life.
Just Wanted To Get It Out (Trigger Warning: Sexual)
Trauma Support / by DolphinsRLife99
Last post
 May 25th, 2017
...See more I'll just make this quick.. In October last year, I met this "girl" on an app meant for fans of any community to meet and make friends and we ended up together for 2 months. Long story short, "she" turned out to be a catfisher and I was devastated. Being the lonely fool I was, I sent her nudes and even a video. Now, I can't live my life peacefully because I'm so terrified of the possibility that these things might come back to haunt me. I already told my mom about the whole thing but this afternoon in Drawing class, I was drawing body proportions and got reminded of this incident which made me do my work as fast as possible so I didn't have to deal with looking at the nude models. They weren't even actual pictures, they were just shapes connected to look like a human body but my mind was racing and I wanted to scream and run out of the room. Nothing like this has happened before probably because I've been repressing all these memories and now they're making their way out. I'm so scared and fearful. I don't want to deal with it. I just want it to be over.
Very confused
Relationship Stress / by DolphinsRLife99
Last post
 March 1st, 2017
...See more I don't know what's wrong with me. I've been trying to get over my first ex for over 2 years now and he still plagues my mind every now and then. The questions won't stop coming and I'm just letting myself drown. He's so freaking happy without me, he hates me and thinks I am a nuisance yet he still subscribed to me on YouTube recently. Is it that I just can't let it go? I'm doing pretty well at not stalking him but I feel like sooner or later I'll cave in. And my most recent break up is not helping the situation either. It was traumatic even but I won't go into full details. Does anyone know what I should or can do to stop the pain?
Depression, Friendship Issues and Relationship Grief
General Support / by DolphinsRLife99
Last post
 January 8th, 2017
...See more I'm looking for a hopefully long term listener because I'm quite shy when it comes to reaching out for help. I'm tackling issues such as those I mentioned in the title as well as toxic parents and overweight issues. Advice is also very much appreciated.
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