#therapy question

[tired-af-p]

ok question: My T asked me to text her daily how i am. Should i continue to text her even though she doesn’t reply? I don’t get why i should bother if she doesn’t get back to me. plus it upset me.

[thepoeticpurplepotato]

Quick question (for a friend ofc ofc)

How expensive is therapy with/without insurance? And how hard is it to find a “good” one?

Just asking for a friend ofc

[kings-paintbrush]

Have to speak in code bc I’m constantly paranoid about my digital footprint. Uhh have any other teens/minors on here told their therapists about certain online activities that trigger trauma..? Best way I can describe it is the following songs; liquid smooth, “not a groomer, just a loser” 💀💀, Real Men, Wet by Dazey & the Scouts,,,,

like, have you told them or are they mandated to tell your parents?

[catwouthats]

Wondering if my therapist saying it’s okay to fantasize about killing the president in vivid detail is a red flag or a green one…

[betweenpartandmeet]

ok so my former therapist has been unreachable so i need to see someone new. trying to figure out whether to do in-person socially distanced masked therapy, or video/virtual. i would feel comfortable doing the in-person, but i'm wondering if the masks would hinder the connection/relationship ability at all, and if video would be better anyway. or do you think in the flesh would still be better for that, regardless of face coverings?

if anyone has any recent experiences with therapy in a covid-19 world (coronation if u will), i would definitely love to hear some thoughts on this??👂 ty

[sweetferalbaby]

i need some advice...

so if you’ve been following me from sometime, you’ve probably noticed that i’m usually upfront about my feeling and mentality, usually coming here to vent about my anger, stress, and depression since i feel like this is the only safe place i have to go to when i want to talk about what i’m going through

anyway, since i’ve been home for the summer, these emotional swings have been getting worse and for three weeks now i’ve been in a constant state of either being depressed, angry, or just in ‘eh’ mood. this has caused a lot of fights with me and my mother because she doesn’t really know whats going on, she actually doesn’t really see mental disorders as a serious thing and views them more as excuses people make up to get attention. this had made things very hard for me because i’ve been like this ever since high school and have been really up front with everyone about how am except for my family just because of how i’ve seen them react to stories about mental disorders we see on the news.

recently, i did go to my college’s counseling center because just coping and talking to friends wasn’t enough for me anymore with last year being a real roller coaster. it helped a little, but because of my school schedule and projects i wasn’t able to really figure out a plan with the counselor and make a change.

so now i’m wanting to find someone i can go to while i’m home for the summer and hopefully stick with during my last year of college. i searched and found someone who seems like a perfect fit in my area and their prices aren’t that high and they thankfully take my insurance, but i’m nervous about asking my parents for help since i can’t pay for the sessions myself. i’m so scared about asking and they be like ‘why do you need to go see a therapist??’ i could probably just tell them that it’s a life coach that i want to help me with figuring out want to do after college, but then i know my mom would be like ‘but that’s what i’m doing!’

but in all honesty, shes the reason why i’ve been like this for so long. ever since i cam home she’s been non-stop nagging me about getting a job and being productive in life. but i just can’t. it just really makes me anxious and lose all sense of productivity. i was able to find a minimum wage job, set nanny jobs with two families, and i have my own personal side businesses/hobbies that i do. and on top of that all i’m always asked to run errands for my parents and its just too much. even when i try to take a nap to settle myself, my mom ends up getting mad at me and scolds me about how i need to be productive and go to XY and Z and get the most out of the day.

i guess what i’m saying is, how can i ask my parents to help me pay for therapy sessions, without a dozen of questions from the main reason i’m the way i am?

[fetchmeagiraffe]

Ok tumblr peeps help me out with this. I've never had a therapist before. But now that I do, I feel like she's my "adult." Like, any time I have a problem where I wish I was still in high school and could take it to a grown up to talk it out, that's when I think about calling her for another appointment. (It's currently just a standing monthly appt.) But then I think, like, this shit isn't a crisis. Figure it out without paying someone $50 to listen to you whine, Natmay.