How do you care about yourself and whether you succeed when no one cares about you besides your parents that you can't connect with and you haven't had a real conversation with anyone outside of your family in half a year?
Every day I wake up I only go toward escapism unless I have to go to uni that day then I'm back to escapism.
>>17296716
Help
I'm the same.
>>17296716
People in this board are either
>#1 in your same position
>#2 tired about seeing this question posted over and over
>#3 lacking advice to share or outright not caring
So what is the answer to it all?
Go see a therapist. We aren't magicians capable of washing away your problems.
>inb4 therapists don't work/I don't trust them/cost too much/ [insert random justification here]
Well then sucks to be you, doesn't it
>>17297065
>We aren't magicians capable of washing away your problems.
Anon, I'm not trying to justify anything but how can a therapist help me?
>>17296716
Self respect is something you build up, you dont receive it as a birth right.
Do a really shitty job, and them youll want something better for yourself
>>17297075
How can we anons help you?
Psychologist are not just psychiatrist. They have studied for periods of time ranging from 3 to 5 years to handle life-quality issues on fairly cheap fees.
Yet a vast portion of people think they are just someone to talk to and on that basis think that they are an entirely optional part of life - or that at least they should relinquish eating and offer their services for free, because "if it isn't bleeding it's not a wound".
And that's just not how it fucking works.
>tl;dr
>How can a therapist help me?
Ask one.
>>17297109
Might I add... the first visit is often free precisely to answer that fucking question.
>>17297109
Not the guy you're replying to but would it be better to do to a normal doctors first and get referred?
You just go and ask them to check your mental health right?
>>17297109
Well I'm putting post-its on my wall now to make sure I try to at least contact one in the near future. Seems crazy but I'm going crazy in my current situation.
>>17297088
I think I will when classes end for the term.
>>17297140
I don't know where you are from and if there is any need to be referred there, nor do I care to know as this is something you can easily search for yourself.
My personal experience went like this: I knew a guy, phoned him, booked an appointment, the first visit was free; the followings visits around 70$ (the price doesn't change from one visit to another, I just can't quite remember). I'd meet the guy once every 40 days, telling him what I was feeling wrong with and he we'd talk. In the end he referred me to a psychiatrist for meds. The whole thing was over in 6, 7 months. I'm off those now, feeling pretty good. Just overly sarcastic from time to time.
>>17297151
I'll add, for the sake of completion, that while most psychologists are cheap, psychiatrists are NOT. The guy who got me on meds costed me 200$ in one sitting. It doesn't always end up with having to take meds, mind you. When it does, those are cheap as well. For me it was somewhere in between 20-30$ every month and a half. Was it worth it? Imo, yes. I can feel tangible benefits. You believe what you will, I'm happy I did that. I actually wished I approached him with more faith in what I was doing, might have spared me some time.
