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Originally Posted by Hellion
So I tried the local mental health center...that just left me feeling stupid for even going in there. So does anyone know how to go about finding PTSD help in a specific area? I mean if that mental health center is the only thing availible in my area its worthy of dissapointment. I'm actually just really not dealing well with this....I mean this is kind of what I was afraid of, going for help only to feel more alienated and stupid.
I mean I thought that would be a good starting point to try and get help, but now I feel like I was wrong. I mean I realise there might not be others in my area on here...but is there any sort of resources anyone knows of that could help someone find help in a specific area?
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I've been trying for 25 years to get help with this.
The county was SCARY.
Went to a counselor one time...liked her, but she couldn't keep an appointment and I had to drive 40 miles for each of her broken/didn't show up appts.
Another one made out a sheet of paper for my 'treatment'..her handwritting was so bad I couldn't read it and asked her to clarify...she said just SIGN it! I didn't have a clue what the 'treatment' was. I left. She scared me to death!
When I applied for SS at age 58...couldn't even walk then, they sent me to a psychologist...he said I was a liar, a 'malingerer' and had never been in a car wreck or had any injury!
I finally got a referral the other day from my pulmonary Dr. for a psychiatrist, who can't see me for a month. The isolation is just killing me and I don't think I can last another 30 days of this. I simply have never been able to find anyone who deals with PTSD within a 100 miles.
For a nation who is supposedly so enlightened about mental issues, I don't see much improvement over the last 50 years.