Member: LaceyK

LaceyK is moving into Brooklyn in Sept.

I’m private
 
JULY 15, 2008 @ 01:45 PM

I am so upset.
I was so excited - I finally had an appointment with a psychiatrist. I was going to change my meds - perhaps lose some of the weight from old medicine, get my libido back, maybe feel more grounded. I was also going to get to talk to someone to keep working on myself.

I thought the appt was at 4:30.
It was at 4:00.
She refused to see me and the only next opening isn't until the 31st at another 4:00 appt.
Which means leaving work early again.

Sigh....

It is just sad because I thought I was going to get help. I think for a moment there was a shining light of hope.

I know it is still there. It is just that for some reason rejection by therapists are so painful. Maybe it is because you go to these people with hope, when you are the most vunerable looking for help? And so when they say no or put you off it feels harder.

However, I also think that perhaps this woman's hours are not going to work for me. I am thinking maybe go to her for the meds and someone else for therapy.

But I am upset.
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TowrOfStrength

TowrOfStrength

Cold Spring, NY
May 2003

JUL 15, 2008 04:31 PM

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I've been seeing a therapist for over 8 years now @ least 50 weeks/year. At first it seemed like there was a massive distance between us, but these days I'd like to consider her my friend. I'd come in and the 1st thing she'd ask me was how my week was and if I did anything exciting. Not like when I 1st started when she'd greet me, then ask me to take a seat.

As far as picking a therapist, it's just a feeling in the end. After all, we're sitting there spilling our guts about our deepest feelings and thoughts: We have to be able to establish a intimate level of trust with him/her. Being rejected by one (no matter how you put it) is definitely painful. Sorry that all of that made you so upset.

iamtony

iamtony

New York, NY
December 2003

JUL 16, 2008 12:03 AM

it took me forever to get a doc in nyc. i think we are all in need of help in this crazy city.

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