Have you ever had therapy for ANY reason?

Question

I am not looking for a yes or no answer; nor am i looking for your opinion about what you think about people who DO seek out therapy.

Just tell me your story--stuff like how old you were at the time (even how old you are n-o-w if you want), what your isuues were (or issue), and if you felt that you were helped.

I am not asking you to tell me names (yours, your therapist or anyone else involved with this) OR where you are from.

Just YOUR story.

BTW, no judgement on my part, I am just interested in what makes people " tick."

I am online now (it is 5:42pm Central time Wednesday August the 30th) and will be for a bit, IF you want to IM me (sierrababy44) at yahoo.

Thank you!

Answer 1

I had to see a therapist for Clinical Depression. It was an utter JOKE! I knew more about what to do with my life situation than she did. I guess it would all depend on who you see and what they believe in and if it is close to the way you see things. For me it was a big waste of time. I'm actually glad because I'm the one who had to figure out how to deal with what I was dealing with at that time. And I did too. So its all a matter of perspective.

Answer 2

Well actually, twice I did, but I did'nt belong there, which both therapists knew, but they can't just take me away from my mother so what are you gonna do. The first time was because when I was little I stopped doing my schoolwork and my mother thought I was crazy. I just did'nt wanna do it. I was pretty angry back then. The second time was recently, I made a small comment to my friend and my chef-teacher heard. He's obsessed with people who have a harder life than most, and he got super excited. He sent me to the gudiance counselor because he figured out that my mother was beating us and she called DCF. So of course, my mother, who could'nt imagine beating the **** out of me, sends me to therapy and that lasted about three weeks. Both of those therapists knew I was'nt crazy. I don't talk a lot, about my feelings on things so that may have led to a more convenient situation for my mother to send me. I don't want to sound like one of self-pitying(if thats a word) kids who whine and cry, but I have had a damn hard chilhood. I cannot wait to leave, thank god my mother won't touch me anymore since the incident. She almost killed me once or twice. Talking about this is a lot harder now because I have given up drugs and I have had to go back to just dealing with this stuff. I have an outlet that has helped me though. I was not helped by anybody but my mother, because I will never lay a hand on anyone, especially not my children- oh geez here come the tears. And when I leave, I will probably never speak to her again, because I think I would hang myself before I admitted that she has hurt me a lot beyond forgivness- I hate her too much.

Answer 3

I have never been to therapy myself; even though I probably should have when I was young. I had a very bad childhood due to a drunk step father. I had to leave home when I turned 16 due to the abuse. I believe this contributed to my first two failed marriages. On my last failed marriage I worked part time as a Bouncer at a very popular Night Club which helped me release all my aggressions I had towards my ex and the man she ran off with. Personally I believe therapy can be a good thing.

Answer 4

The first time - I was 11 or 12.
It was right after one of my fav. singer's passed away in a airplane crash, Sept.11, and I had just started junior high at a private school. Plus that summer I started suffering from anxiety.
It didn't help because the lady wasn't a child psychologist; I didn't feel that she got me.

The second time - I was 14 or 15.
I was having anxiety attacks again and having trouble with my friends and my parents were separating. This lady didn't help either because for some reason I couldn't fully open up to her and plus she laughed at a lot of things I said, and I just didn't feel like she was helping; plus a lot of appointments kept being canceled.

I'm happy to say, I am over that phase and am much much better now. It was like a big emotional growth spurt over a span of 5 yrs. and I've naturally gotten better. =]

Answer 5

Therapy will speed up the time that it would take to sort things out on your own. I had issues from my childhood that made it difficult to let people be close to me emotionally. Therapy helped me understand my defense mechanism, so I could try to use it more constructively. Therapy will not help someone that doesn't want to work at it.

Answer 6

I did I was in the hospital for a month for 2 major back operations . They have therapy for kdis in these hosp. That are life treatning contitions like I had . I wasnt eating do I was losing weight like crazy They thought I was anorixic . i wasnt but they were treating me for it . Turns out I was ok after I got out I needed moms cooking

Answer 7

i had to go when i was 13 for hating my mother who was an abusive alcoholic crackhead....she shoulda been the one who had to go, but...here if you run away from home, you're the one with problems.

i had physical therapy for a bulged disc in my back, and did not mind going, the therapist was sooo hot!!

so, what's your story? seeking? just wondering why?

i suggest the physical rather then mental, being active can help with mental things like stress, hormones, etc...
psyciatrists are pill pushers anyway.

Answer 8

Dr. Sigmond Fruid, I assume?LOL I was in therapy 2 years ago, trying to deal with my husband leaving me after 25 years of marriage. It had been a normal day, we had argued over something late in the evening, but I thought it was resolved and I went to shower. While I was in shower, he used that opportunity to pack his things and load them in his truck. When I got out and seen things missing, I quickly found him and asked what he was doing? He said, "I want a divorce". I was blind sided! He gave no reason why, and he got in his truck and drove off. He would not talk to me for months after he left. We fought like most couples, but not so bad that I would of divorced him, but it was bad enough to him, I guess, to divorce me. So I went into major depression, my self esteem went out the window and I could not function as a person. I was devastated! It was like being buried alive. After seeking out help, to get back to the world of the living, I learned that my devastation and ability to shut totally down, was over issues that I had not dealt with in my childhood past. I had Mother issues, POW syndrome, code dependency, and no confidence in myself. The therapist was a great help, it took about 6 long, heart wrenching sessions to work thru my issues and then it took about 6 more months, taking what I learned about me. The therapy provided me with skills, motivation, and self gratification to accomplish my fears and repressed issues. I am a happier person these days. I like who I have become, and I realize now, I don't need, a man or any one to make me happy or complete. I am remarried, and to my Ex husband! We eventually found out we really loved each and "wanted" to be together. The marriage is better, and we make a point when we argue, to discuss things totally out and listen to what we are saying to each other. We don't hold any thing back and accumlate any baggage. Although it takes two to make a marriage as well as it takes two to end a marriage, I have to admit, the marriage not working was more my fault than his. I had to many unresolved feelings. My husband asks me at times why I never mention that dark time in our life, he believes I should be angry with him about the way he handled things. I try to tell him to "forgive yourself, because I have no grudges what so ever in any time frame thru out our 25 year marriage any more". Oh, what a "feeling" to be free from such discontent. Thanks to God and my therapist, life is worth living again.