everyone, especially those who read my questions here, have told me i need a therapist but my parents have totally disowned me so how can i afford it? what can i do? ughhh i'm garbage
2006-08-21 03:17:55 · 13 answers · asked by hawkette 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
just get some self help books and tapes there alot cheaper
2006-08-21 03:22:28 · answer #1 · answered by peter_webster2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I wouldn't be so quick to trust what people on here say. A therapist is just someone who helps you figure things out. They don't give you answers.
Where I live there is something called the Community Services Board. They offer therapy and other such things based on income. If you have really been disowned and are independant of your parents you'd pay $5 a month where I live to go somewhere like that.
As far as the whole, "I'm garbage" line. Do you really feel like your garbage? Because it just sounds like self-pity to me. I personally always hated it when people told me that, but...
If you still live with your parents, and if you do I'm guessing you are in school, talk to.... a school counselor. Yes they are pretty much useless individuals in the mind of a high school student and pretty much in general. Yet they might steer you in the right direction. At the very least they might be able to get your parents involved.
There's also crisis lines. Talk lines. Suicide lines. etc. etc.
There's always the hospital. However I wouldn't suggest that unless you're really going insane. $900 doctor bills for temporary emotional fits aren't worth it.
2006-08-21 10:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by nathancarson23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lot of free counseling out there you just need to look for it. You can get help on line, at school and even your family doctor can set you in the right direction. Get the help that you need it will make you feel a lot better in the end !!! Take Care
2006-08-21 10:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by smorgan1124 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep a journal. Write in it each time you are upset or don't undertand. Write in it as if you were talking to someone. Be angry. Be quizzical. Be understanding. Be faithful. Be happy. Be elated. Be sad. Be meloncholy.
Look back at your entries once in a while. See how your mood changes. Objectively look at your feelings of past and deduce how you could have handled that situation better. It's better therapy than some quack.
2006-08-21 10:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try your church. They often offer free or little cost counseling. If you are in school, try your counselor there... That's what they are for. If you are in college, you may want to check out their services. They often have free services for students'employees. Also there is a catholic charities around my area. They offer these services on a scale base (based off your income) And! You can lie about the amount you make. They don't check. You also do not have to be catholic to go the catholic charities because they do not do religious counseling. Good luck.
2006-08-21 11:43:28 · answer #5 · answered by jlp198421 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off you are not garbage and second God mad you ask him what to do and i would have to say if your parents do not want you to go see one go to the hospitle and ask for a contact that they might have becouse i have seen people do that and they where give in a good therapist and it was free just tell them the problem and why your parents will not help you and you should be just fine but remeber God is there for you and he loves you that is why he sent his one and only son to died for us
2006-08-21 10:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by martyself 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this, go to your local church, I mean you can make sure the minster has degrees and all that, but if you want something free and where you can talk about whatever it si that you are looking for, Thats the perfect place to go
2006-08-21 10:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by justwaitingtoleave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I second anjelkake. a journal is helpful. if u still need a therapist how abt getting a job?
2006-08-21 10:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by angeldust 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you in school? If so talk to a school counselor, and they can get you some help. If your parents won't help, have you considered grandparents or an aunt, uncle, or other relative who could either help, or help you get your parents' help? Good luck to you. ;)
2006-08-21 10:23:33 · answer #9 · answered by FairyGirl73 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all you are not garbage. there are many ways you can get help.
1. school counselor
2. church
3. if you are financially unable, contact local mhmr and they will get you the help you need.
good luck.
2006-08-21 10:24:34 · answer #10 · answered by annie - rainbow goddess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋