My therapist told me I should see a psychiatrist but it would be up to me. My doctor told me to work through my anxiety in therapy. (My therapist is at my out of state school and my doctor have me some references for behavioral therapists here). Because my mom doesn't think I should go on meds I'm not planning to see a psychiatrist. The more I learn about anxiety the more I realize how much I've discounted my feelings as normal, perhaps? Idk. My mom thinks that I should stop speaking things like anxiety and depression into existence, and she thinks talking about those things in therapy make me self pity myself. When I talk about the things that make me the most nervous, everyone seems to have a simple solution. "Put yourself first" or "Practice more" or "You're smarter than that, speak up for yourself" I don't understand why that isn't easy for me.