Oh Great. Just What I Needed To Hear. Not.

[KwanYingirl]

All I can say is trust your gut. It's bad enough that you have PTSD to contend with, but I consider his comment about stress and early death is invalidating. What you should hear coming out of his mouth is what do you need for support?

My psychiatrist is a nesessary evil. He pushes pills and that's it. My GP won't manage my psych meds. I get a ten minute visit every three months with him. He couldn't care less about me. And he's the best one in the area. How's that for pathetic?

Follow your heart. Your mind will follow.

 

[NovemberStar]

(Sorry, wrong thing)

@KwanYingirl - that is typical for a psych dr actually. Most don't 'do' therapy - their speciality is mental illness with a very medical focus, hence prescribing meds.

 

[Justmehere]

It was weird to bring up in the context of already talking about suicidal thoughts. I told him at the time, "if I spend 60 years off life stressed out, I don't think I would mind having 10 years knocked off." :roll eyes:

@NovemberStar - you are so right. Stress impacts us, but it also is something that can be overcome.

 

[Pencil]

"if I spend 60 years off life stressed out, I don't think I would mind having 10 years knocked off."

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:roflmao:

My experience with psychiatrists: One brilliant, compassionate, intuitive, human one, and four total asses. I think that is fairly representative.

 

[KwanYingirl]

@Pencil
You are witty and a breath of fresh air!!

 

[Pencil]

Thank you @KwanYingirl :)

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Where the heck did he get a crack-ass statistic like that?!?! And how do you define "stress"? I mean, EVERYBODY deals with stress every day.

By his account, I'll be dead.....tomorrow. But seriously, that was quite insensitive for him to say that to you. I would have snapped back with "Yeah, but I don't drink AT ALL, so add on another few years, I don't smoke, so add on yet another, and I am not a fat-arse like most other Americans so add on a few more! So by my account, I'll still live longer than the average person." (Sorry if that sounded insensitive, but yeah, 2/3 of Americans are now overweight or obese.)

 

[marylouise]

Has he heard of resilience??? People's capacity to overcome live's challenges can be astounding. For example, yours by finding a new psychiatrist to replace this one. : )

 

[Justmehere]

Yeah, he reminds me of the folks who think just about anything will kill us - breathing, drinking water, etc. I just got a call from this doc. He is recommending I find a new psychiatrist. I think I agree. :)