Depression Support

[Sparrow]

I am having counselling, and to be honest i'm not getting anything out of it apart from feeling parniod and worthless. I can't just quit counselling, i won't be allowed to. ;/ Is it just me who feels this way?

[del677]

Some counselors just aren't a match. Counselors are all different, and one counselor someone loves may be not much to someone else. You can always ask to change counselors, especially early on, and even later maybe you've gotten all you can out of one counselor and it's time to switch to a different one and let someone else have your counselor.

Then, there are some things that counselors can help with, and some things they can't. I have emotions that I learn more and more don't coincide with the world around me. I have an emotion and it's just there, looking for a reason, and I search the world, and sometimes I can come up with a story that explains my emotion, but more and more I learn often my emotions are just there for no reason. 

And people would tell me this, but I didn't understand until I went to the doctor and got the right medication, which I originally thought was a stupid idea, but since nothing else worked, talk therapy wasn't helping, I figured what the heck. And it worked. Which is pretty much proof it was a medical problem and all the talking in the world wouldn't have helped. 

I still do counseling, which can help me with life issues that medication won't fix because it's not a medical problem. (Oh yea, that's another reason I tried medication--if it wasn't a medical problem medication wouldn't fix it, but it wouldn't hurt to try, the medication just would do nothing.)

I also go to groups, which helps me feel a sense of belonging and feeling connected with others, which helps.

[stayclassy]

Try to change to a different counselor.

[Jellytotssssss]

It's not just you. I had counselling a year ago and when I first started I felt like crap because I thought to myself 'Have I done something wrong in my life?' and I never thought in a million years that I would have to consult a stranger about the way I'm living my life. But after 9 weeks of counselling I was happy I had gone because I had a whole new outlook on the way I was living my life. It depends on how long you've been going to your sessions? If you've just started then give it a while before thinking about quiting or not. Even if at the end of your course you feel like you haven't changed your mind set at all, counselling helps a lot with the way that you talk to your friends or family, which may make you feel a lot better. I found that I was talking about my problems a lot more with my closest friendsand I felt a lot more comfortable in social situations. I'm sorry you had to go to couselling - something bad must have happened and that makes me sad - but things definatley get better hope this helped xx

[stayclassy]

Counseling isn't only for those who went through something bad.

When I was 19 I took up counseling because I was going through a tough phase and talking to friends no longer helped me. Not ONE bad thing happened, it was just that I was confused, multiple little things built up and I felt I needed some professional advice.

I only went 4 times I think but that's all I personally needed. It definitely helped. I got my self confidence back. And the counselor didn't say too many new things I didn't already know but did say a few things that really hit the spot.

If I needed it again I would definitely do counseling again.