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Originally Posted by here today
It wasn't the in "the system" where I found the "help" that I needed, in order to get the appropriate professional help that I needed. That's very scary. How many other people are out there who haven't had my luck?
Here's the point I would like to try to make: I think either (1) the professionals need to come up with a better way to deal with situations when they begin to realize they are "out of their depth", and/or (2) people seeking help for deep-seated issues of identity and sense of self need to come together to form an advocacy and referral network.
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My experience has been similar: it has not been within the "system" that I found sufficient help. As I read it, throughout the history of this endeavor, "professionals" have made a lot of mistakes that have had very bad consequences. I suppose that is understandable if we are all just pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps, having no big daddy to give us the straight truth, but instead having to work it out for ourselves. But it is for me a frightening process.