Yes, how many sought professional help because they just couldn't "deal" with the pain of being raised in a cult...? How long did it take you to realize you needed "help" to get focused and on tract with life???
CodeBlue
How Many Have Sought Professional Help???
by codeblue 86 Replies latest members private
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StinkyPantz
Although I'm sure I need "help", I'm a bit too proud to actively seek it or pay for it ..
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prophecor
Sought professional help, could not find it until coming here.
Who knows our story better than we do?
Outsiders, I feel, have a hard time relating.
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whatistruth
I really need to but I havn't as of yet
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wednesday
Yes I did and am still in therapy. I am not ashamed of it, it is a wonderful growing experience. I was in therapy 2 yrs before my doc could bust through the wall I had built around my brain , due to brainwashing. It is the best thing I have ever done for myself and I am a much happier person for it. This board has been extremely helpful too, reading others life experiences helped me not to feel so alone. The sterotype the media paints of somone who goes to therapy is inaccurate. Most are average people who just have problems and are smart enough to get help. U would get help if u broke your leg and had trouble walking, so why the stigma for seeking medical help for emotional problems? In some circles seeing a psychiatrist and psychologist is trendy. Not to make light of it, however.
If anyone out there is reading this and not going for help b/c of the stigma or thinks that if they were stronger they could handle it themselves, please let me encourage u to at least give it a try.
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whyamihere
I am thinking about it! I think it might help.
Brooke WI
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prophecor
Wednesday your courage to speak out is to be applauded. I honestly have sought help, and were it not for the fact that I'm not covered by health insurance, I would be in therapy now.
Its nothing of weakness to go into counselling for not just our particular issues, I think we all need some sort of psyco-therapy to assist us in dealing with the struggle of just being human, JW or otherwise.
The quickening of society as a whole places a heavy burden upon the hearts and minds of everyone. We as a western society have an extremely heavy taxation due to the fact that there exist so much distraction, its often impossible to pay attention to our own needs as individuals, we can't pay attention to those voices in our heads,( and all voices that one hears should not be immediately discounted to ones being mentally ill ) that can warn us that there is something wrong.
Have you ever come home from work or from being out and about doing your daily business, got in your house without feeling the need to turn on the radio or the TV, or even God forbid our computers?
To linger long enough, to settle ourselves within ourselves before bringing a wealth of enegy into our life.
That need for external diversion, something to make one stop thinking, just long enough until the next commercial comes on?
We have so many distractions and diversions that it becomes almost impossible to even recognize that even when doing these mundane things, we are still seeking a release, a removal of ourselves from the pain and anguish of being human.
We all hurt, we all have pain. Pain not properly dealt with will cause a ripple effect in the way we respond and react to everything life brings us in this world, from every step taken, to every word spoken, to every thought and theres not much of anything that will not be affected, for the good bad, or indifferent.
Everything we do, matters!
Assistance in helping us to sort out our particular problems, especially with baggage that comes from having been JW, can truly be a welcome respite from the the things that continue to haunt so many of us as people.
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seeitallclearlynow
Prophecor, I'm often amazed at how insightful your posts are. Thank you so much for your contributions here.
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dh
i would probably die screaming before asking for help with what i am.
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candidlynuts
i had a wonderul therapist that helped more than any pill ever could. but i had to quit going because my car died :(
it is a big help and anyone thats considering therapy i encourage you but i also encourage you to talk to a few of them at first to find someone you feel the most comfortable with.