Is it normal that my psychologist doesn't believe me when i wanna be alone?

I have GAD and I don't really like people all that much. He (my psychologist) thinks I isolate because I'm anxious around other people, which is partly true - but not always the case. I sometimes worry about making a fool out of myself in class and messing up in other ways, but I'm usually able to laugh it off and forget about it. But of course I feel anxious as it happens.
My psychologist is postitive that this is the reason why I want to be alone, but the reason I want to be alone is because I have nothing in common with my peers and being around others rarely excites me. I don't think it's as great as most people want it to be.

He refuses to believe me, even though I've never been that interested in other people and my GAD diagnose is very recent (and I mostly worry about my health). I get that he's the expert and all that, but why won't he believe me? Is he trying to convince me that I'm wrong about my own feelings and personality, and if so, is that normal?

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Comments ( 15 )
  • Shrunk

    the psychologist's job is to make people "normal", able to function in regular society, and apparently having friends to socialise with is what regular normal people do hence why its encouraged... if you don't think you have the problem then why go to the guy at all

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  • joybird

    This is just his opinion and I'm sure he could lift a different book and another expert has an opposite opinion.

    I have very little respect for psychologists unless they make sense.

    For example, why is someone a hoarder?
    Ans. They were brought up poor and now feel they need possessions to be happy.

    Why is someone so minimalistic?
    Ans. They were brought up poor and know they don't need possessions to be happy.

    I haven't GAD and I choose to be alone 90% of the time - no big deal.

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  • Dad

    "IIN that my psychologist doesn't believe me when I wanna be alone?"

    YES, it seems you are
    'Anxious'
    Worried about 'making a fool out of myself'
    Worried about 'messing up in other ways'
    Worried 'about your health'

    Quite obviously if the above was not a worry and all was good, you'd likely happily go out and make new interesting friends.

    Deal with your issues. When you have none anymore then we'll see how you really feel.

    Regarding the above post about 'god's fate' or some rubbish? Um, we are talking about an educated intelligent person that uses science and analyses, not some make believe, useless prayer waste of time ridiculousness.

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  • squirrelgirl

    I understand where you're coming from. I have been diagnosed with high-functioning autism. When I tried to tell my therapist that I didn't want friends and I was happy just being alone and having imaginary ones, she thought I was lying and tried to pressure me into saying that I really did want real friends.

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  • nicemason

    wouldn't it make more sense to prove him wrong by actually proving you don't have anything in common with anybody? Being alone because you don't have anything in common with anynody is stupid because you don't know everybody. Not to mention, why did you post? Wouldn't you much rather be alone?

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  • Wonderlost

    I think he is trying to make you believe it because its what he believes. If you truly feel this way, stop seeing the psychologist.

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  • flutterhigh

    Don't you get it? A total stranger knows you better than yourself!

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  • bigbob101

    thats what a physchologist does make you doubt yourself so you think their actually doing something in other words their mind fucking you so you keep think its working but its not then you get your ass back in the next sesssion with mo problems

    use gods fate and you willl know your answer

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  • Alaska

    i rather to be alone,too. For me would it be wonderful if the society would push me to be with other people

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  • Kutieadb

    Just that you don't get along with your peers doesn't mean there aren't people whom you could have something in common with. Go and join a club, don't avoid people and maybe you will get less nervous around them. That's my nonprofessional advice.

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  • Avant-Garde

    My doctor is the same. I'll tell him something that concerns me and he'll say the opposite, because he doesn't believe me. He always makes a mountain out of a molehill.

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    • ThinkAboutIt68

      OMG read this,

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_personality_disorder#Differential_diagnosis

      I think you will find that you relate to it.

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  • dappled

    Well, I can see both sides of this. Let's say it was a physical problem, say a tumour you couldn't yet feel. The doctor says you're ill and need treatment but you say that's nonsense because you feel perfectly fine and he won't believe that you feel fine.

    The other side of the coin is that your psychologist doesn't seem to be listening to what you say. Mental medicine is not like physical medicine where you can often get to see the problem with your own eyes. The only way you get to the bottom of how someone feels is to listen to them. If he's failing to even do that, he doesn't sound particularly good.

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  • AngAnders112

    i guess he's entitled to his own opinion, right?

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  • JuliusE

    Yes, it is normal for psychologists to think they're right and know more about you than you do. It's hard because sometimes they are right but they have been trained to over-diagnose and over-prescribe medications. They do NOT like admitting they were wrong as it makes them look like fools (and they especially want to avoid ppl getting angry with them about being prescribed the wrong medication).

    If we had listened to my psychologist 8 years ago I would have been dependent and a number of medications that I absolutely did NOT need. He was a fool who thought he knew everything but was really just a small man who had been trained in Jewish psychology, which is hostile and predatory to us goy (non-Jews). Goy literally means cattle. They view us as cattle to be exploited for whatever wealth they can get from us.

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