Most of the bad advice I've gotten came from my first therapist, ironically.

When we were talking about getting diagnosed, she told me on more than one occasion to stop lying to my pdoc about my symptoms. lol! She said that the only way I'll "get better" is "by telling the truth."

I never lied about any of my symptoms to my pdoc. I said exactly what I was feeling. She just thought that I "don't look depressed" and that "you would know what depression was like if you ever had it before." Whatever.

Shortly after that, she purposely booked someone else in my appointment slot, because they "needed the appointment more." Whatever the heck that means. I think she was just angry that she felt I was lying. And of course, since she was in the process of leaving the practice in 5 months, she assigned me to a new therapist automatically without telling me. What a b****.