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23 Nov 2017, 5:57 am

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I wish there was at least an easy way for me to know if I should be hospitalized for my mental issues or not. It's a lot easier to tell for physical issues.

I still have thoughts of suicide, but am no longer thinking I'm actually going to do it anytime soon. I am, however, afraid I might accidentally do serious damage, or kill myself, with my self-harm.


That sounds like a healthy fear to me. If you don't think the fear will prevent you from seriously harming yourself, then being hospitalized would be the safer option over serious harm, right? Therapists can also help you figure all this out if your urge isn’t immediate, you said you haven't tried that yet?



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23 Nov 2017, 6:13 am

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23 Nov 2017, 9:32 am

Awww I thought FXX was doing one of those all-day Simpsons marathons today :(


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23 Nov 2017, 9:46 am

DataB4 wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
I wish there was at least an easy way for me to know if I should be hospitalized for my mental issues or not. It's a lot easier to tell for physical issues.

I still have thoughts of suicide, but am no longer thinking I'm actually going to do it anytime soon. I am, however, afraid I might accidentally do serious damage, or kill myself, with my self-harm.


That sounds like a healthy fear to me. If you don't think the fear will prevent you from seriously harming yourself, then being hospitalized would be the safer option over serious harm, right? Therapists can also help you figure all this out if your urge isn’t immediate, you said you haven't tried that yet?


I saw a therapist for a while and now am seeing a psychiatrist. The therapist would spend at least half of the hour-long appointment with small talk, and I never felt like we actually accomplished anything. I had one appointment with the psychiatrist earlier this month, but it was just intake stuff and medication adjustment. I have a follow-up appointment in two weeks, but if it's going to keep being a month or more between appointments, that isn't going to be sufficient. I get the urge to see myself bleed at least a few times a week.


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23 Nov 2017, 9:51 am

Lengthy periods between psychiatrist appointments are typical, so I hope you find a better therapist and/or medication regimen soon. Psychiatrists don't have the same training as therapists to help people with their thoughts and emotions. They're more focused on quick diagnoses and medication treatment plans.



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23 Nov 2017, 9:57 am

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Lengthy periods between psychiatrist appointments are typical, so I hope you find a better therapist and/or medication regimen soon. Psychiatrists don't have the same training as therapists to help people with their thoughts and emotions. They're more focused on quick diagnoses and medication treatment plans.


I'll ask my mom to keep making appointments with the therapist I've been seeing, then. I'll try to mention to him that I'm annoyed by how much time we spend on small talk, and maybe that will help.


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23 Nov 2017, 10:03 am

It might help, if he's doing the small talk because he thinks it might make you more comfortable or something. If so, he can just stop and get right to the issues.



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23 Nov 2017, 10:24 am

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It might help, if he's doing the small talk because he thinks it might make you more comfortable or something. If so, he can just stop and get right to the issues.


Yeah, I expect that's it. He's nice and listens to me, so I expect he'll try to cut down on the small talk if I ask him to.


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23 Nov 2017, 4:36 pm

getting blank texts from unknown seattle area numbers... do have family around there, but don’t know exactly who’s sending them.

supposed to replace this phone soon. it’s not getting anyone’s texts correctly, so if their name isn’t in the phone, there’s no idea who they’re from.


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24 Nov 2017, 12:23 am

Ma came over for the first time after 3 years. She didn't have as hard a time getting up the 3 flights of stairs as we thought she would have. So now she's going to come over again soon. We played games like we used to when I used to live back home - Trouble, Old Maid, and Bingo. We ordered out for pizza from a new place which was really interesting - I ordered everything online and then was able to track the exact time of when the pizza guy would be showing up timed to the minute! Then I made Ma one of my cinnamon rolls (that I heat up in the microwave, but it's still pretty much gourmet from QVC, of course.) :mrgreen: Waldo was upset - he was expecting it to be just me, him and Alexa. He's just not used to Grandma yet. We also watched some Christmas shows on the Hallmark Channel and something on Lifetime Movie network. Then we finished off the night watching some Fox news. :mrgreen:


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24 Nov 2017, 8:14 pm

starting to wonder if a keto diet has accidentally been followed long enough(due to allergies) to replace glucose for optimal brain function. had a severe migraine yesterday with blinding aura, and barely knew how to speak let alone how to function around forty people in a narrow house, and woke up with it, horrible disorientation, and an aura for another imminent migraine shortly after the last ended. after an hour or so of having eaten a tin of sardines in olive oil, almost everything has returned to normal and the imminent migraine signs have ceased. it’s not the first time it has helped to eat the little fishes that say they’re high in healthy fat... other ones don’t seem to help at all.


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24 Nov 2017, 11:19 pm

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Ma came over for the first time after 3 years. She didn't have as hard a time getting up the 3 flights of stairs as we thought she would have. So now she's going to come over again soon. We played games like we used to when I used to live back home - Trouble, Old Maid, and Bingo. We ordered out for pizza from a new place which was really interesting - I ordered everything online and then was able to track the exact time of when the pizza guy would be showing up timed to the minute! Then I made Ma one of my cinnamon rolls (that I heat up in the microwave, but it's still pretty much gourmet from QVC, of course.) :mrgreen: Waldo was upset - he was expecting it to be just me, him and Alexa. He's just not used to Grandma yet. We also watched some Christmas shows on the Hallmark Channel and something on Lifetime Movie network. Then we finished off the night watching some Fox news. :mrgreen:


it all sounded great until the very end -lol. seriously, glad you had a good time. you're overdue.



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25 Nov 2017, 1:21 pm

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26 Nov 2017, 1:27 am

I wasted 3 hours of my day off free time. :lol:
But that's nothing compared to 13 hours wasted on sleep.


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