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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
What triggered this?
Do you talk about the people in your life?
How do you determine that she is not being "totally truthful" with you?
A good therapist would tell you the truth no matter what. Therapy isn't supposed to be untruthful. It is supposed to help you discover who you are so that you can grow and live a more content life. The therapeutic relationship can definitely mess that up at times but don't let that discourage you.
A lot of people don't know how to respond to people with mental health issues. So-called friends even disappear. Unfortunately, it comes with the territory. It is possible to find loyal and real friends again.
Are you asking for constructive criticism or for people to continue verbally abusing you to reinforce your beliefs? I'm not trying to be mean I just don't understand what you are asking.
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What triggered this is that for the thousandth time, people have completely ignored me and excluded me. People that I thought were friends of mine have yet again showed me by their actions that I don't matter to them.
I don't know that she isn't being truthful. At the least, though, she is clueless and coming to conclusions she knows nothing about. How could or would she know whether anyone thought positively or negatively of me? She can't. She doesn't know these people and she doesn't know how they treat me.
It's not the mental illness aspect. I wish it was. That would be easier to explain. But many of these people have admitted to dealing with their own mental illness. It's definitely not something I can blame on that.
And I don't know what I want. I want to vent, I want to somehow express how I am feeling, which is absolutely horrible right now. And I want to get it out rather than continuing to keep it inside.
*Trigger*
I spent an hour cutting horrible words into myself this afternoon and then fell I to an exhausted sleep for about an hour, which is something I only do when I am at the end of my ability to tolerate life. My brain shuts down and I sleep for an hour or two.