A lot of stuff keeps rising up and I have some really bad days because of it. There’s a lot that’s been surfacing that’s very confusing. Part of the problem is I don’t know how to talk about some of it and some of it is really complicated. Another problem is that my counselors are always trying to distract me from issues rather than helping me to address them and sort them out. I have three counselors. I see one of them at least once a week. If I were doing worse, I could see them more often, but I am doing fairly well. Also it seems like every time I see one of them there is something else we have to do or someone is home so I can’t freely talk. There’s only one of them I really feel I can talk about a lot of stuff with. One of them is a nurse and has to see me at least once a month and report how I am doing. I think they are counselor/case managers actually. They were supposed to see if I could get into counseling but then told me they are qualified to be my counselor. How do I get serious therapy with them? I guess I should talk to the one I want to talk to about it. It just seems like there is never enough time or the circumstances just aren’t right to get the help I need.
I feel like if you need more help then you have a right to ask for it. Are you afraid to ask for more help or is it that they won’t listen to you?
It seems like I’ve tried to get more help and get them to sit down and do real counseling with me, but it just hasn’t worked out. Months ago I asked if I could talk in depth about things. I’ll have to seriously get through to them and make sure they understand. My pdoc pointed out that maybe I need to talk through some of the stuff that causes me to have really bad days and the counselor I want to talk to was there. If I bring it up again, maybe it will work out in the near future. I did get my journal out yesterday and it helped a bit. I’ll have to do that until they come through. They are really busy though.
When I showed my therapist and psychiatrist my journal it really helped take a load off of my back. Maybe things will go better for you if you seek out a trained therapist? But hopefully showing your journal to the people you have now as well will help. That way even if something’s not bothering you at the exact moment you see your counselors then you’ll still get the support you need.
I have a certain insurance that goes with my medi-care/medi-cal. They say I can get unlimited visits to a licensed clinical psychologist for free. If you’re on disability, be sure and check whatever options are available to you with your medical insurance.
I think it’s great you do that but I don’t need to talk to anybody about my scz or past trauma. Just being up bigger shot I can’t
I’m more of a lone Wolf
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