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Originally Posted by Cracking Slowly
I've been thinking a lot lately of trying to get a therapist. But I fear opening up to anyone. I usually avoid people as much as possible and I never allow anyone in to get close to me. I'm not sure how to get past these feelings in order to seek help. I feel like a therapist will just want to get me a doctor who will then just want to put me on medication. No offense to anyone here but I fear all the side effects that comes with taking medication. I would like to have a therapist to help me sort out all this junk in my head but I just don't want to cover it all up by taking medication that may cause me other issues. Any advice?
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You can definitely get therapists that don't require meds....mine was actually part of a study for psychosis where the patients weren't using meds in addition to what she was doing with me. I have no idea how you find a good T though since I was randomly assigned to mine. Also I honestly believe that you can just set an agenda that doesn't deal with issues requiring medication. Like for me a lot of what we discussed was anxiety...no need for meds just a different way of thinking. If you tell them you have active psychosis I generally fear they will want to deal with it and may even have a legal obligation to do so. So yeah I'm thinking omitting certain details is for the best...tell them what you do want when you call and leave out the other stuff.