Why Some People Choose To Get Help And Others Don't?

[Ann Barry]

I'm a former supporter so feel free to disregard...

....but I think a sufferer needs to feel that it...

Were you mis-diagnosed? Given wrong prescription, wrong treatment focus? How many therapists? doctors? how many different meds & treatments? IF you don't mind sharing please.

 

[Ann Barry]

I waited for so long because of:

Stigma. Both around depression and anxiety and PTSD. I didn't wa...

Brave self-determination & self discipline. I'm inspired. The :stigma" kept me sick for a looooonnng time. waste time/life.

 

[Ann Barry]

Will, my experience in the mental health sector has been nightmarish, and the source of a lot of...

Mental Health "experts" probable need help themselves - 1 bad Pro, 1 wrong Diagnosis, 1 wrong Treatment can UN-do all current & future trust...God help me/us find the
good, smart, humble, listening, learning ones.

 

[Ann Barry]

I didn't get help until I was forced to. It wasn't voluntary. My pattern was always depression, drin...

So, all I've read is right - Gotta treat addiction before any other issue. CONGRATS on Sobriety,

 

[Ann Barry]

I think there are many reasons why people do not seek help for any mental illness.
Some are still involved...

YES, Your list of reasons answers all/most. You've got deep insight. THANX

 

[Ann Barry]

With depression, I really didn't have a choice; I just completely lost it and was scared of myself fo...

I can cope. & I can do this alone. - kept me stuck & untreated for many years. Also SHAME was a big road block for me.

 

[joeylittle]

@Ann Barry - this is an international forum; please, in the future, use more full words and less abbreviations. All members won't know the meaning of RX, TX. I've corrected your posts on your behalf.

Were you mis-diagnosed?

The poster was speaking in the general sense of misdiagnosis being a problem. The post you are replying to is a few years old, so they might not come back to answer.

 

[Kailani]

I thought I had schizophrenia and was freaking out about it then found out it was dissociation and PTSD. Felt I had to find out what it was cuz I felt I was going crazy and that scared me. I had actually moved back to my home town after being 3,000 miles away and I think I was getting triggered by the environment. Otherwise not sure if I would have sought help. The psychiatrists were a nightmare but the therapists have been great and nice.

 

[watundah]

I ran through life pretty convinced that I had it together, and I did/do. Still, something was wrong in the relational world. Everything was great, except for people, and dammit, they're everywhere.