HOW DO I KNOW IF I NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP?

HOW DO I KNOW IF I NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP?

The attitude towards psychologists has finally changed. However, there is still a pattern that if I go to a psychologist, I am crazy. In real life, the opposite is true: someone who believes that he does not need a psychologist has more psychological problems than someone who admits that he needs psychological support to solve internal problems. The courage to acknowledge the existing problems and take responsibility for their solution is the choice of a psychologically mature person. One way or another, we will have to learn all the life lessons, but the question is at what cost: the cost of consulting a psychologist or a broken family, mentally injured children, and lack of happiness throughout the years.

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THAT YOU NEED A PSYCHOLOGIST?

● “I’ve been through a divorce, severe stress, loss of a loved one, etc.” – it is better to go through any crisis with the support of a psychologist if you want to complete the healing as quickly as possible and leave this trauma in the past instead of dragging it along for many years and experiencing pain and other negative emotions.

● “I’m walking in circles” – you notice repetitive scenarios in your life. You get a job, but six months later, a great boss turns into the same tyrant as the previous 2. You start a relationship, but the man turns into the same boring alcoholic as the previous partners in your life. Such situations mean that something in your psyche needs healing, and external events are the only way to catch your attention. There is no other way since your psyche hid this psychological trauma deeply inside, as well as closed it with psychological blocks so that it would not bother you every day.

● “I have a bad relationship with my parents” – your parents take too much place in your life, they require you to inform them of every step you take, and you still live with your parents at 30 years old. Or you do not communicate with your parents at all and cannot stand even 5 minutes nearby. These situations are related to separation issues that need to be resolved if you want to establish a more mature and happy life. You constantly have internal dialogues with your parent and hold all the resentments and unresolved conflicts.

● “I cannot bear it anymore” – everything infuriates you, your once beautiful life has become dull and meaningless. Everything you have long been striving for has turned out to be just an illusion. “I seem to be a happy person. I am successful and I have everything I need. But in the morning I don’t even want to wake up and return to this “wonderful” life.” You experience outbursts of anger. You feel tearful and depressed for no somatic reasons.

● “I cannot reach my full potential” – I am doing some insignificant things. Is it my destiny to do this meaningless work? I cannot force myself to go to work. I let things slide. I want to do something that will make me happy and benefit other people. Do I have absolutely no talent?

● “I drink, eat, and work too much” – the word “too” most often signals an internal “emotional hunger” that you want to saturate with something, but you fail. Or it is an attempt to escape from reality that brings you no joy. You are trying to relieve stress, relax a little, and feel happy. However, it does not happen, and the dose increases.

● “I’m doing great, but there are many things in my life I don’t want to remember” – you experienced some kind of trauma, hid it in the farthest corner of your psyche, and just live on. But this trauma has not been healed and, therefore, you need a lot of psychic energy to keep this trauma far in the subconscious.