violent-darts:

star-anise:

doomhamster:

princesse-tchimpavita:

Never trust a psychiatrist who dismisses your trauma history as irrelevant to your current mental health.

“We’re not here to discuss [your abusive relationships or the bullying you went through in school]; we’re here to figure out why you’re so frequently absent from work.” – direct quote from my first therapist, re: the depression, anxiety and disordered sleeping that led to the crash-and-burn of my first career

As a therapist: FUCK YES. If they’re not taking you seriously and letting you contribute to setting goals for your work together, fire them. And if you have trauma and they’re not well-versed in complex PTSD, ask them to refer you to someone who is.

Conversely: if you personally DO NOT WANT to engage with this particular therp re: the rest of it but DO want to focus on specific aspects of the Now, and they insist you must Delve Into The Past?

Also fire them.

They are not an Authority who is Fixing You. They are a contributing specialist you are consulting for the sake of managing your own mental health.