Counselling confessions...

Currently in therapy...and these are my confessions. Here for anyone who needs advice or help. It gets better, hang in there :)

[edrecoveryprobs]

When a perfectly fine therapy session ends with me suddenly facing a lot of emotions

(themanicdoll)

[edrecoveryprobs]

Thinking of what to tell my therapist during our next session

(headpollution)

[edrecoveryprobs]

When we talked about the same thing in group therapy over and over again

(headpollution)

[edrecoveryprobs]

What it feels like every time I go to the psychiatrist

(screwthisimrecovering)

[edrecoveryprobs]

Discharging to outpatient

(screwthisimrecovering)

[edrecoveryprobs]

When too many emotions are happening at once

(screwthisimrecovering)

[edrecoveryprobs]

Having to admit how I'm feeling in group

(screwthisimrecovering)

[confessionsofcounselling]

"Why do you think you are like this?"

[confessionsofcounselling]

[confessionsofcounselling]

Raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimised by CAMHS

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[confessionsofcounselling]

Merry Christmas everyone!

I know this can be a really tough time of year, and mental illnesses don't just "switch off", but I really hope you can enjoy today as much as possible. Lots of love xx

[unaverage-confessions]

Recovery

some days are like:

and other days are just:

…but ultimately: 

[edrecoveryprobs]

Reading possible side effects of my medication

(themanicdoll)

[edrecoveryprobs]

Trying to pretend everything is fine

(x)

[edrecoveryprobs]

Attractive doctors

(themanicdoll)

[unaverage-confessions]

Looking at the possible side effects of my new meds:

[unaverage-confessions]

When I'm supposed to list things I like about myself

…but I can literally come up with nothing:

[unaverage-confessions]

When I get really quiet and my therapist asks what I'm thinking: