I called a crisis counselor after a serious setback this week, and I came away feeling worse than I did before receiving her "advice" She told me that I could beat depression with "fresh air and exercise" and that the coping skills I learned during my last hospitalization, journaling, keeping appointments, making time to take care of myself, etc, were useless and that I should stop doing them. Note* when I feel especially bad, I send my daughter to a trusted friend's house so that she doesn't have to see me like that. This woman told me that I was being selfish, and that I was really ditching her so I could get "me time". There's more, much more, but you get the idea. How could someone so far out be trusted to talk to people in crisis? Or am I wrong? Could the entire staff at the hospital be wrong, too? I've been severely depressed for a long time now, unable to feel anything numbness and sadness, but this woman made me furious!