[HolographicTardis]

Ok so with my anxiety I find it extremely challenging, nearly impossible, to seek help from other (via online messages obviously excluded). I've been to my school counselor three times now and the only way I end up going is if someone forces me to got it's not that I don't want to seek help but every time I try to I'm frozen in place. This also happens when I want to express my true feelings to the counselor. All we end up talking about is self harm because I can't get over my nerves to just say what's on my kind. Ex: I believe I might have Aspergers, and I would like to tell my counselor but I've never been able to say it. And when I'm extremely in need of help and can never bring myself to seek it. Only when I'm very suicidal and my friends force me to talk to the counselor do I ever go. The last counselor, whom I went to only once because he told me to leave his office if I couldn't talk to my parents about the things I was telling him, in that one session he said I had some sort of emotional barrier that needed to be broken down in order for me to truly understand what I was feeling. I don't really know what to do if I can't seek help in person from anyone....

writing stuff down always worked for me.

when i first went to see someone about my issues, i wrote a list of things i wanted to talk about- and while it didn't solve all my problems with anxiety, it did help me know what i was talking about and what i needed to say.

i find it hard doing the face to face thing too

i remember when i was trying to tell someone that i was diagnosed bipolar how hard it was just to start telling them i had problems

but again. writing helped in that situation too

good luck

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[ensconce]

My anxiety is so bad I usually can't even post anything online. Before I was forced to see a counselor more recently it had literally been years. I basically have to be forced to seek help from anyone. I also usually can't say what I feel or what I want to say when I know I should.. We are in the same boat. Is there any way to email a counselor or someone else instead?

[HolographicTardis]

I don't know about email but at one point my old counselor gave my friend their number to text if she needed help or anything. Idk I'd be too nervous to ask for one anyhow. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[Random_Girl_]

I'm the same... I'm sure I have a lot of mental issues... And I mean A LOT... But I can't tell anyone. One of these major issues is social anxiety which holds me back from telling someone. I get extremely nervous even asking for period supplies from my mum via internet messaging so I could never tell anyone face to face.

The idea of someone knowing everything about you really scares me. If I did have a counsellor I would probably lie or not tell them things and it would just make it worse.

Ugh.

[sparkln]

you don't have to tell them everything right away. sometimes it takes a while to open up.