Poll: Does Anybody Go To A Shrink?

[GoldenEyedScout]

Just wondering, do many, if anybody else besides me here, go to a shrink?

If so, why? Were you ordered by the court, or did you go because you felt it was best?

I began going to a shrink about two months ago, and have appoinments every three weeks or so.
After some trouble at school, one of the guidance counselors suggested I began going.

It seems to be working so far. I get advice for problems that I have, and can talk about them without worrying that I'll be made fun of or ostracized from my peers because of them.

 

[Phlakes]

No, but I probably should.

 

[BabyRaptor]

I have before. It was court ordered, but I had asked to start seeing one independently, my grandparents just refused to until the court ordered them.

For the record, I didn't murder anyone. I got in trouble for constantly skipping English class my freshman year. Yeah, Texas sends people to shrinks for skipping class.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

Yes, both. For the past eleven (twelve?) years.

 

[loc978]

Not currently. Been to a few on the Army's dollar, but I don't have that sort of coverage at the moment.
They never did nail down whether or not I have PTSD. I don't have a whole lot of confidence in either profession. One relies too heavily on pharmaceuticals, the other tends to give the same advice as any self-help book. I'm convinced I can figure anything they tell me out for myself anyway.

 

[TheProfessor134]

I did while in High school... Only because my dad was going through one hell of a mid-life crisis.. Which was taking a giant toll on everyone's sanity. But haven't gone to one since..

 

[BrassButtons]

I've never been to therapy, but I'm seriously considering it.

 

[Wardnath]

No, but I'm hoping to go to one soon.

 

[Tartarga]

I've thought about it, I probably should considering how I hate most people rendering me incapable of talking to them.

 

[RatRace123]

I did, in High School (haven't heard that one before I bet)
I had something of a panic attack, at least that's what they called it.
It wasn't all bad, it actually got me more interested in the science of psychology.

 

[JemothSkarii]

I did, went to multiple for severe depression and anxiety; everything seemed to be going wrong at one point y'know? I missed out on 3 months of Year 11 (Aussie). I found them very unhelpful, like they just wanted me in and out or just told me simple things which I had already tried. I've completely lost faith in them, and after taking everything into my own hands (mainly taking myself off of the meds, I would have gone back on, but the last time I did that I got severe side effects, so I went without) and I do pretty fine...I just get highly paranoid about my GF.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I went to a psychiatrist for 12 years and stopped because I moved out of state.

 

[smithy_2045]

Every 2-3 months now, but it was closer to once a month back in high school when I was seriously struggling to even get out of bed.

 

[Yoshisummons]

I don't need to pay someone else to have them tell me the right way to live.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

I had to see one twice a week, every week, for two years, due to past trauma that rendered me unable to do much whenever I didn't have somebody to talk to about matters of that sort. Ever since then the feeling's hit every now and then, but it's mostly subsided.

 

[Trivun]

What's the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? And no, I don't see either of them. I don't really have any reason to, though to be honest I've often thought that if I were sent to see one I'd deliberately mess with them all the time, to see what they do and/or say. Though my primary school did suggest I see one when I was little because I didn't socialise much, but my parents were completely against the idea of their six-year-old seeing a shrink and having people think I was crazy. As it turns out, I was simply a gifted child and ended up in Mensa, so I'm pretty damn glad now that I didn't have to see a 'shrink'...

 

[xmbts]

What's the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? And no, I don't see either of them. I don't really have any reason to, though to be honest I've often thought that if I were sent to see one I'd deliberately mess with them all the time, to see what they do and/or say. Though my primary school did suggest I see one when I was little because I didn't socialise much, but my parents were completely against the idea of their six-year-old seeing a shrink and having people think I was crazy. As it turns out, I was simply a gifted child and ended up in Mensa, so I'm pretty damn glad now that I didn't have to see a 'shrink'...

Psychiatrists generally have shorter timeframes and are able to prescribe medication.

I'm learning to be a shrink, so most of my professors are/were shrinks.

 

[SilverUchiha]

No, but I probably should.

Damn. that's my line.

OT: No. But I've considered the idea. I just don't have the spare cash to have someone confirm by belief that I've got a messed up way of thinking and should probably be kept away from society. If someone (who is a professional) could tell me that with reasonable data to confirm it for free... then I would be fine with that.

 

[Biosophilogical]

I do pretty fine...I just get highly paranoid about my GF.

Hahaha, fuck I love paranoia. It's annoying as shit, but how else can you know that you truly trust someone unless you actually test that trust with doubt? Or at least that is how I view it. Then again, you may view it differently and wish you didn't have it, in which case I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to be insensitive.

OT: I've never been to a shrink. Personally, my own, presumably normal amount, paranoia means that I'd find it very hard to trust anyone but myself (or someone I can see attributes of myself in) to psycho-analyse me, so there goes all but genuinely gifted psychologists. And I have a strong moral opposition to mind-altering medication/drugs except as a crutch until a problem can be dealt with in a psychological (as opposed to neurological (i.e. drugs)) way. I know, a bit strange that I findit difficult to put any real amount of trust into psychologists yet recommend them as the solution to psychological problems (though working through it yourself also counts as a 'psychological way').

So yeah, I have my doubts about the abilities of psychologists, and have my oppositions to the methods of psychiatrists, neither of which I've ever been to anyway.