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now that i think about it, i have had similar things in the past - when ive been seeing a therapist long term and suddenly it comes to an end with little warning. sometimes i think its a test to see how we handle "endings" - which is a big problem for many, but all it did for me was make me...

most important thing i think is when you see her - be very honest about how your feeling about all this. if you dont then it will be very hard to continue with her at all, and will probably make you feel quite resentful

i know what you mean, just last night i called a mental health support line and totally broke down - with just this same question, why are things always so bad and why cant i move on from it. its a valid question to ask them!

i think therapists have to have some level of detachment, when you think about the things they must hear everyday, if they cared deeply on a personal level - they wouldnt be able to function. And they are providing a service - which does many a lot of good, so of course they need to be paid the...

Absolutely, £40 - £50 seems a common rate for psychotherapy, but for psychiatry this can be in the hundreds per hour - so if she is acting as a psychiatrist then £80 would be quite good - but for psychotherapy and counseling it really is far too much

sadly thats how it goes, even the most caring and competent therapist will never reduce their fees by much. I can understand it from a "business" point of view - no other industry would dream of it. she should have had the conversation with you sooner however, that was quite devious of her...

Yes its very common here, i have been told i may have bipolar but one therapist, but others dont agree, ptsd by some and others dont agree - it happens all the time. the prefer to leave things nameless and just treat the symptoms - no idea why, but it seems to suit the nhs

im waiting on a therapist becoming available, on the NHS the wait times are a minimum of 6 months. im thinking of paying to go privately soon though. Your very right, i feel terrible physically these days, every little ache or pain feels life threatening!

[/USER] hi thanks for replying. Well one therapist mentioned PTSD, others have skirted around it - noone seems to want to commit to it. That seems to be how it goes in the UK. Yes thats how it feels, like my leg which was damaged in the accident is the same leg that is troubled when my back...

Its strange for me, although i was in a car accident, i was a pedestrian and was run over. I feel awful if i think about the event itself, how close it was to killing me, but thinking of the care afterwards is almost a fond feeling, like i miss it

Hi all - posted this in another thread, but think this is probably the correct place for it. If youll allow me ill give a bit of history before asking my question, please stick with it :) I am a 39 year old male from Scotland. As a child i was always a nervous sort of kid, always a bit...

i had emdr a few years ago, and for me i didnt like it at all - it made me feel like my brain was being squeezed from my ears! I hear it can be very effective though, but personally i wouldnt do it again

Every person has the ability to be violent, regardless of sex, it's in some people's nature, a male or female using those kind of stereotypes is simply acting like a child

I can totally understand why you did that, and they should have forseen it - but.......the nhs being what it is, i fear they may well use it as a reason to discontinue support. Sadly they will use any excuse to do that. If you can talk to someone you trust you should be able to explain things...

yes in recent years ive went from only being able to sleep in pitch black with no noise to only being able to sleep with a light and the tv on - not too sure why it changed

Hi all Well lately my panic attacks have been surfacing badly again, particularly at night in bed. What seems to happen is the usual rising panic feeling which im sure we all know well, but then its as if my mind blanks out, i feel barely conscious and a million terrible thoughts and...

i do the same, stay awake until i blank out. I used to have to sleep in total darkness and total silence, now i sleep with a light on and a tv on in the background, i cant handle being in the dark and quiet - no idea why that changed, during my last bout of nightmares i think i started doing...

Strange one for me. My mother was both the perpetrator and the one who didnt protect me. At least in my head. I was emotionally neglected, physically never - which made it hard to come to terms with, for years i didnt think anything was wrong. Therapy has helped me see that my neglect has...

Outside of therapy, i spent a lot of time doing photography and art, which was a help to a degree, but i found it became too much of an obsession, rather than getting a release from it, it started to become a stressor for me. This seems to be how it goes for me, i find it very hard to do...

Well ive been in a lot of different types of therapy here in the UK, the one which made the most difference to me was CAT (Cognative Analytical Therapy). I had tried CBT like many, its a cheap and easy to deliver form of therapy and to be honest i think its fairly useless. Its not at all about...

I'm much the same to be honest, I go into therapy with a lot of expectation, because it did seem to give me some relief. Now, it doesn't really, things have changed in the UK and therapists just seem so disinterested and disinclined to help. Maybe I'm projecting, but that's how it seems. I'm...

I wouldn't say manipulative, but I do know what you mean. I've had therapists and situations like this. It's like they are offering things which don't feel comfortable or useful, and you begin to feel as if your being negative about things they are offering. This right away puts me in the...

no idea why that happens, but yes it does to me to!! i can be struggling and having a terrible time, yet when i see a therapist, i cant think of anything at all to say and actually feel as if everything is ok. its so annoying, and a real problem when it can take so long to get to see a therapist!

Hi I was run over about 20 years ago. Physically I was lucky, I almost lost a leg but healed well and was left with some.nerve damage. It's strange though, I can think about elements of that time, more the aftercare almost fondly, and feel a big attraction to the site where it happened. Parts...

If you see suicide as a cowardly act, why do you suppose urging others to commit a crime on your behalf any less of a cowardly act? Can't say I understand your reasoning, but to do a great disservice to those poor souls who saw suicide as their ownly way out, while not in a good frame of mind ...