Mental Health Professionals

Over the years, I went to maybe five, but only stayed with two.

They were genuine and I knew that I had their confidence as professionals, which is SO important, when you need to talk with someone about your mental state.

One was at a local "behavioral sciences" center, that also had an in-house psychiatrist. Because of money issues I was not able to go to this one for about 5 weeks, but he was so good, I made alot of positive progress in that time. He had me "journal", and actually gave me affirmation and praise in my hard work to try to improve myself, because it was me that called for help. That had a huge positive impact on my mental state.

The second place was the mental health facility based out of one of our hospitals. There I saw one young woman, who was absolutely fantastic. She was a very attentive listener. So I would write down anything that "shook my mental tree" inbetween visits, so that I could get her feedback. It was good system, and I saw her almost 3 yrs. Finally, she told me I had to leave (ha) that I was "highly functioning" and there were too many others that needed to see her! The co-dependent (ha) part of me wanted to hang onto her coat strings, but, alas, I knew it was time to stand on my own, and as she put it "put into practice what I've learned"! (Will I EVER grow up?)

I can now say that I've not had any more "emotional breakdowns" because of these two special people, and I'm still journaling when I have nightmares, or start having negative thought patterns, so can interrupt them, and MOVE ON!





Over the years, I went to maybe five, but only stayed with two.

They were genuine and I knew that I had their confidence as professionals, which is SO important, when you need to talk with someone about your mental state.

One was at a local "behavioral sciences" center, that also had an in-house psychiatrist. Because of money issues I was not able to go to this one for about 5 weeks, but he was so good, I made alot of positive progress in that time. He had me "journal", and actually gave me affirmation and praise in my hard work to try to improve myself, because it was me that called for help. That had a huge positive impact on my mental state.

The second place was the mental health facility based out of one of our hospitals. There I saw one young woman, who was absolutely fantastic. She was a very attentive listener. So I would write down anything that "shook my mental tree" inbetween visits, so that I could get her feedback. It was good system, and I saw her almost 3 yrs. Finally, she told me I had to leave (ha) that I was "highly functioning" and there were too many others that needed to see her! The co-dependent (ha) part of me wanted to hang onto her coat strings, but, alas, I knew it was time to stand on my own, and as she put it "put into practice what I've learned"! (Will I EVER grow up?)

I can now say that I've not had any more "emotional breakdowns" because of these two special people, and I'm still journaling when I have nightmares, or start having negative thought patterns, so can interrupt them, and MOVE ON!