[BigBearold97]

I know what the answers are to the psych's questions. What do you do? I know enough to manipulate the entire session. How do i get help now?!?!

[sabby]

You do something that will be extremely hard to do.....but if you really want the help, you will find it within you to do -

You stop playing the manipulation game and start being real.

The only one you are truly manipulating is yourself. The only one you are truly hurting by manipulating is yourself. So now it's time to step up and start doing self care....because everyone, including you deserves to help themselves grow, learn and heal.

Take one little thing that you have manipulated...admit it to T, and truly work on that thing. Go on from there with the next.....and the next and the next. As you conquer whatever it is that helped to create your manipulating ways, you will find many benefits from it.

Good luck....I wish you well!

[Rmdctc]

I would be honest, very honest with your T and explain that to him/her. I wish you luck and believe if you are honest with yourself and your T it will all work out.

[Luce]

I think you can only get help if you are real with them. Why tell them what you think the 'right' answer is? What is it that holds you back from saying the *real* answer? If you told the real answer, what would happen?

[VickiesPath]

By the time I went to a psychiatrist, I already knew I had mental problems and I wanted to answer the questions honestly because if I didn't, I wouldn't get the help I needed. I could have answered the questions in a fashion that would have shown me to be "normal" and then they would not have been able to pinpoint what my illness was. I had the diagnosis already. What I didn't have was the cure.

Is this what you are saying? I never had a problem with the professional knowing that I was crazy. They were being paid to make me well, or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

What I had a problem with was my FAMILY knowing the details. And they could not know unless I decided they could know. That took a little longer. It did finally come. Only ....mmmmm...24 years.

But I am glad I was honest on the test.

Hubby is in the same position as you and went the root of no more Drs....

How silly of him he still suffers terribly and wont go back. I beg you please be open and honest with your Dr its the only way to go if you want to get better.

Hubby has IQ of 158 and used to 'play' with the Drs. Doing himself no favours. One Dr gave him the data sheet book with all medications in it and let him choose his own meds, he quite liked that Dr and I am sure that Dr like him as he made his job so much easier.

Best thing you can do is to explain to the Dr that you know all he is going to say to him and work WITH the Dr rather than play games with them then maybe you will get somewhere.

By the way hubby is MPD/DID.

[Perna]

It sounds like you don't understand the purpose of the questions. The "answers" as you call them are for YOU, not him. Find the use of the questions; you can't "manipulate" the other person (or their response) because they're another person and you only have your side. It's communication that works, not trying to get a "grade" and be seen as a wonderful patient. And, true communication ain't easy.