First off, I am already prepared that I am going to hear strong opinions on either side. Som...
Im going to repond without reading any replies as Dr Phil's staff called me 3 times wanting me on the show, 3 different times, except I didnt want to be on tv, i have enough anxiety around people as it is, i didnt want to hear my entire family call me liars and i certianly shouldnt be asked to take a lie detector; and he wanted to call my mom and stepdad, my abusers. Absolutly not and if they are even in the State of Cali I wont be; also i had a therapist of a year; a great one but i didnt know how to tell him why i was really there or even gather the courage so i wanted 5 mins, just 5, to see if he; whom dealt with a lot of stories like mine (Clelevland House, Children Of God now called the family, peligousmous cults etc) cults, so I thought that, as someone with "special" needs, not someone that just had been a victim of incest, not to downplay that at all, BUT someone thats brainwashed and has been through forced killing animals, etc has more additional needs. He wouldnt give me a sec until i agreed to go on tv and even then i wouldnt talk to him until then on the stage. I get he doesnt practice amymore, neither does the tv Dr that DID help me, but he could have, with my past, at least emailed me himself, i asked his staff member to ask him and if could respond through them, no no no is all i heard. Eff that! Dr Drew Pinsky, whom is an MD, has had fame way longer than Dr Phil, he started on a radio show called love line when i was in middle school, im now almost 35, now has his HLN show, Celebrity Rehab, 16 and pegnant, Teen Mom, and Teen Mom2, he is the sweetest internal medicince Dr, he is also an addiction medicine specialist and he read microexpressions and should be a psycologist but isnt. He also was whom spoke about depression after Robin Williams committed siocode. He had an "ask Dr Drew chat", we were in a chat, he was on video, it was only a 15 min chat, he answered about 8 questions, he spent the longest on mine. He gave me the words, the courage, and the reason that i had to let someone close. Advised me how to tell my therapist and I took his advise, slowly over 2 yrs. That next session I told my therapist. He has fame, but he takes 15 mins of his VERY busy schedule of several shows to do a chat. Ive asked Dr Phil to do that to help people not wanting on tv but his staff says no over and over. He wants ratings, he doesnt want to help you unless it helps him. Im sure he's a nice man (most of the time) but his ego is bigger than then size of Texas. If you go, be careful. Dont read the mesaage boards AT ALL after your show airs as people arent nice on there (ive also been on there and its nothing like this; people just want to throw opinions, not help and it hurts more than helps; especially if they have a show to go off of. Just be careful as a therapist can be found without going on tv and be THAT vulerable. He has said many times that he's the best at what he does; i beg to differ, i find my own therapist way better but thats just me. I dont hate Dr Phil, i still watch him, dont like his apparent ego but watch him nonetheless. If you say yes, BE VERY CAREFUL!
