I have (more than once) mentioned the failure of professionals in this forest irl to LISTEN. I am sure there are SOME ''good'' professionals in this forest but the number who do NOT listen or offer basic respect is SCARY BAD. what is there to be ''grateful'' about in that?

I also have several (many) close friends in the USA who HAVE found good help. I am not in the USA.

If I was mute or only talked about my ''blessings'' in one line sentences, I would have NO friends, I had only one friend as a cub. I did not speak.

Probably the biggest mistake of my life was to try to ''confide'' in a GP having ''coped'' with severe anxiety and other MH stuff for years. He abused me. I ''should be over it and should have moved on''.... I have ''moved on''..... to several other GP's who also do not listen. In fairness, one or two of them did attempt to offer basic respect, within the constraints of the buroccrassy. (I can spell. I am not stupid either) I HATE it when they talk down to me and use scare tactics. My anxiety is already severe without that abuse Now I stay away from them whenever I can. I NEVER visited a doctor for a ''trivial'' reason. NOT EVER.