[stopdog]

There are a range of reasons to see a therapist - so I thought a poll to see what took people here to therapy

[atisketatasket]

Well, it started out as garden variety woes and now it's about serious emotional pain. That transition was because of life events, not therapy, but therapy seemed to work better with the garden variety woes rather than the serious emotional pain.

So, "other."

[AllHeart]

This current round of therapy started out as garden variety woes, turned into serious emotional pain due to digging deep into the childhood adversity nightmares, and is now a case of figuring out a way to rebuild, change, and grow.

[UglyDucky]

Originally Posted by stopdog

There are a range of reasons to see a therapist - so I thought a poll to see what took people here to therapy

I complained to my PCP about not being able to remember words when talking, so she sent me for a hearing test and an evaluation for dementia/alzheimers via a PhD psychologist. He dx'd me as having depression, but my cognitive tests were all over the board, so he referred me to a PhD psychologist for further evaluation. The depression turned out to have some serious origins that I had no knowledge of - that, and severe attachment disorder from being adopted and abused. I would have never thought therapy would be the treatment that could bring my words back...assuming they will come back, eventually.

[ChavInAHat]

I started therapy due to PTSD.

[spring2014]

Originally Posted by stopdog

There are a range of reasons to see a therapist - so I thought a poll to see what took people here to therapy

I was dealing with the losses of my parents and the job loss
I needed to go to therapy cuz my former choir director noticed that I was having a difficult time dealing with my mom's passing and I was molested by my dad .






Diagnosis: Anxiety and depression
meds: Cymbalta 60 mgs at night
Vistrail 2 25 mgs daily for anxiety prn
50 mgs at night for insomnia with an additional 25 mgs=75 mgs when up past 1:00 in the morning

[Cinnamon_Stick]

I started therapy due to serious mental health issues.

I voted other. My body was failing me, Dr's couldn't work out what was wrong. I had nothing left to lose so thought Id give T a go.

[nottrustin]

While I have a diagnosed mental health disorder that is not why I went to see T. I initially started because I couldn't get over the death of my mother...plus I was burning out as a mom

[WrkNPrgress]

A little bit 2 and 3, actually. I've had some serious pain that needed to be addressed but most of the stuff is 'garden variety' I would say and general upkeep.

[gayleggg]

I started therapy due to anxiety.

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[seoultous]

I go every other week for support. I also have bipolar disorder so I need lots of support!

[LonesomeTonight]

I started with my current T due to panic disorder and anxiety. Though over the course of therapy, it's grown to include other things, including marital issues, stress of being a mom (particularly to a special-needs daughter), and within the past year, a major depressive episode. The marital issues then led to marriage counseling, which eventually led to some transference stuff that I had to sort out (which I think I've mostly done. Well, in some respects). But I feel like it's all connected in figuring out what's going on with me and why I'm feeling what I am now and what I need to do to cope with life and find satisfaction, connection, and peace.

[JustShakey]

Other - massive crisis caused by domestic violence that I managed to be completely blind to. Well, being completely blind to the DV was what caused the massive crisis...

[vonmoxie]

I do have diagnosed disorders; I have had serious emotional pain in recent years; however I'm not in therapy for any of those reasons, because for me I haven't found it helpful in those regards. I'm actually in therapy to work through how some prior therapy and other varieties of psychological interference happen to have negatively impacted my psychological health. Seems like the best place to talk through the complicated and rather personal dynamics that are involved, and for me it's been some of the most effective time I've spent in therapy in a very long time.

[stopdog]

I am of the garden variety ilk

[rainydaywoman12]

Really interesting to hear peoples replies. I knew I had dealt with depression and anxiety/maybe PTSD, but hadn't realized or accepted the seriousness/chronicness until I saw a therapist.

[Loco4]

I had a total Ned Flanders moment, and flipped out

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For me I started because of diagnosed depression/anxiety. That's in the past now, been off meds for a couple of years, but I still go to continue to further my self-growth. So I guess I have evolved from a serious reason to being garden-variety.

[junkDNA]

because i have complex ptsd and psychosis. i did have major depressive disorder and an eating disorder as well, but i am in remission from those

I have anxiety, garden variety woes, and a general interest in psychology and self analysis/improvement.

[velcro003]

I put other, because I am not sure why exactly I went. The first time, my kitten (and first pet as an adult) died suddenly after I had him for 5 months, and I was devastated. I had been thinking of therapy previous to this event, and that disturbed me enough to try.

I lasted 5 years, but never really got anywhere; which looking back, SUCKS that I didn't stop much earlier. I was on anti-depressants for most of that time, but stopped cold turkey because I wasn't even sure I needed to be on them/believed I was depressed.

I took a year off, and while my life didn't plummet drastically, it didn't improve either, so I decided to try again. I have been with this T for 7 months, and feel like I've gone farther than the past therapy-but have reached that state of "is there even anything wrong with me (I am diagnosed with dysthymia-and I sometimes believe it, sometimes don't, and wholly believe it isn't "serious.")/I have so many things right and good in my life, what am I even doing here?"

This is why I quit last time because I couldn't answer that question. Do I want to change? What do I want to change? Do I believe I can? Etc....

Sorry, off on a tangent, but yeah...other.

[Gavinandnikki]

Started with general stuff - starting to drink too much, started smoking pot again, kid starting school, work stress, etc.....

5+ years later, ended its "severe attachment disorder", PTSD, over the top maternal erotic transference.

But I did quit smoking pot.

[naia]

I have lots of trauma history, complex PTSD I guess, but go because I want to work on my healing with someone who is warm and understanding since I don't think it is best to avoid the pain of it. And I don't think friends are the best way to get the kind of support for real healing.

[divine1966]

I think I posted somewhere why I started, was going through some life changes leaving alcoholic ex who wouldn't let go and he was hysterical about me leaving, i was moving out and then while I was moving out he became very ill and I was his care giver sitting in the hospital every day even though I already ended a relationship. He had heart attach and a surgery. Place I was moving out wasn't ready plus I couldn't leave sick person. On top of it I wasn't talking to my dad who was an ***.

My whole family was not supportive of me leaving literally saying why I was leaving after 9 years. It was a mess. No one was truly supportive but my daughter who lives far. I cried hysterically in the first session. It was messed up summer.

it then became just a general support dealing with my moms cancer and my finances etc etc etc

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