Is it normal to be depressed and afraid of psychiatrists?

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When I was younger I couldn't keep my happy face on and ended up going to see a shrink who decided I was dysthimic and I went on pills for a while, but eventually I stopped taking them and my parents just figured I was better because I could act happy again.

I'm older now and still living at home, still unhappy whenever I'm not watching tv or funny youtube videos. But I'm afraid to go back to see a psychiatrist now that I'm older and I realize the kind of power you give these people over you - if I confide in them my dark thoughts about suicide, rape or murder and they decide I'm a risk they can have me locked away and force fed drugs. And so I wonder if there is any point in going to see a shrink if you're keeping things from them.

Is it normal to worry about this?

edit: I'm canadian by the way - if this isn't even a hting that's real it's because I learn everything I know about life from tv and movies.

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  • VioletTrees
    10 years ago | pl

    Could you make an "It's normal, but it's not rational" option? Psychiatrists won't (and indeed can't) lock you up for having dark thoughts. What country are you in?

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago | pl

      I agree with you and I selected that option.

      I believe most people feel some apprehension about revealing themselves to someone who's pretty much a stranger with power; however, it's part of their job and they've heard it ALL before - there is nothing to be afraid of, really.

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  • Short4Words
    10 years ago | pl

    I said psychiatrists are a reasonable fear for a differen't reason that what you might imagine. I was going through a really bad time with anxiety, also struggled with having a positive outlook my whole life, and so I went to a therapist. Her methods were good but I just didn't follow them, then when my Dad died I was toughening up finally and she told me to stop it, I was so vulnerable at the time that I just listened.

    Anyways, it's not all her fault, she had a point, all I'm trying to say is that don't let someone make up your mind for you, you have to make the decision yourself. That being said, there are some really good things you can get from therapy, and they really helped me at the time. For one, I had someone to talk to. Makes a world of difference. Also, I was given quite a few methods to manage anxiety and to develop more positive thinking.

    If your parents are giving you the opportunity, of if you know you really could use some help, then please try someone. I recommend a psychologist not a psychiatrist.

    They'll test you and see what therapy might be best, but try mentioning CBT, compulsive behavioural therapy.

    Let me know how and if it goes :D

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  • Iamdolan
    10 years ago | pl

    What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

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