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Originally Posted by pachyderm
I would not say that my mental illness journey started by being convinced I needed professional advice. I would say that it started by my being a child in an environment that was very unstable emotionally. That threatened me, made me so afraid I could not cope. I realized during adolescence, when I began to wake from the amnesia that I seem to have developed in order to survive, that something was wrong, but did not know what or how to get things to improve. Going to a professional did not solve that problem either.
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This rings very true for me as well.
...honestly though, my life has always been a journey through mental illness. When you're sexually abused repeatedly at around six years old and living in a hostile environment full of fighting, you have to be lucky not to get sucked into mental health struggles...
I of course didn't seek help until I was 18 and a half. I went to a psychologist first after my doctor recognized I was very depressed. Then I ended up in a psych ward. Since then, I've willingly gone to numerous therapists and psychiatrists. Few have helped.