(((Pinksoil))))

I went in-patient for 7 weeks last summer and it was one of the scariest decisions of my life, but also one of the best decisions I ever made. The hospital I was in had a pretty intensive therapy program that I took full advantage of, but what I really needed was to just break the downward spiral I was on & have the time and space to just focus on me and getting better. Lot's of women on the unit I was in, were dealing with cutting or other forms of si, so we even had specific groups around that, but I was in a really good psych hospital.

In some ways you're in the ideal place to go - you haven't started your new job yet, and if you're going to do anything intensive it's probably better to do it before you start your doctoral program because that will be stressful - might as well have as many coping resources at hand as possible right?

And needing help does not make you a fraud. It makes you very brave for admitting that you need and seeking help. Long run, it will probably make you a better T.

I'm cheering for you with whatever you decide to do.

--splitimage