[The Fox & the Hound]

I'm just so scared to get help. I know I need & I want it. But I cavy fervor

[glok]

Hello, The Fox & the Hound.

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I wish you well.

[gayleggg]

It is hard to reach ouch in the real world and the hardest problem is picking up the phone to make that first appointment. Maybe you could get someone to help you make that call and get an appointment set up.

[shabur]

It is so hard to ask for help. I suffered for so long before I was able to get help, but once I made that call and I started seeing my therapist it was such a relief. I finally knew what was happening. I knew I needed medications to help me through. After that 1st call, everything else was much easier.

As Gayle said, ask a friend to help you. Have her dial the number, have her ask to speak to the doctor and when the doctor comes to the phone have your friend hand the phone to you. I think it will be easier once you start that conversation.

I wish you luck.

[The Fox & the Hound]

I already have a therapist. I'm terrified to bring it up with her:;

[SnakeCharmer]

Sometimes it helps me to go at the problem indirectly. For example, I might say something like this to a therapist: There are things about myself that I'd like to share with other people, but I always freeze and can't get it out. Can we talk about fear and why I'm so easily blocked?

Maybe something bad happened to you, or maybe you did something that you feel dreadfully ashamed about. Or maybe you were born with a hyper-reactive nervous system. Or a combination of all three. Those are some of the things that can tie a person in knots with fear.

Fear drives us deeper into shame and despair. Sometimes the fear becomes such a big problem for us that it causes us more trouble than the thing we're terrified to talk about.

If you allow your therapist to help you deal with your overwhelming fear, anxiety, panic or shame, you may eventually be able to open up about the specific upsetting event(s) that happened in your life that triggered your fearfulness.

I wish you courage in talking to your therapist. Remember the old adage, courage is not the absence of fear, it's going into the unknown despite all the fear.

Courage, my friend.

[~Christina]

If you cant "verbally" tell your T how your feeling write it down and hand it to your T ...

[ERF2ERB]

i completely relate to how you feel. i have a hard time acknowledging that there are times i need to reach out for help. i hope you find what you need to take that step, be it courage or whatever else you feel you lack. GOOD LUCK!