I've been struggling pretty much my entire life, and finally got some advice to go to a new place that was really thorough in intake; there was a suggestion of ADHD, HFA, an anxiety disorder and a few more treats. I basically unloaded stuff I've buried for my childhood and entire life. It's like pandora's box has been opened and rather than dealing with *just* all of the exhausting regular stuff, i've been a neurotic mess ever since, including some "matter of fact" memories of suicidal thoughts (not feeling suicidal though)

There was a suggested therapist to see 3 weeks after intake (and in a later conversation I found appointments might be 2 weeks apart, which I really can't picture coping with right now.)

I kind of regret opening up the way I did, now, feeling like I might have set myself up for another painful stretch of life, where I have no one to support me outside of therapy, and infrequent chances to really deal with this.

Having said all of this, and it does look kind of poor me, but hi! I've been lurking, and it seems to be a great community.