How should I react when talking to a psychiatrist?

I had a waste-of-time psychiatrist… but tell him/her the truth, there are helpful ones out there. Just let it all go, but they are there to help you. :-)

All the best.

if you want help you should tell the truth, they won’t be able to help you at all unless you tell them what is actually going on. It will be hard but it is necessary, you will just be wasting time and money otherwise.

Hi, I’m 54 years old, but when I was a lot younger (about 15), my Mom took me to several Psychiatrists. The same thing happened every time. The Doctor made me do all the talking while he just sat there. The only thing he would do was to ask me questions and when I answered them, he asked how I felt about it.

All I could think of was ‘I can’t believe my Mom is paying these Doctors’.

I hope this doesn’t happen to you. I’ve found that it’s better to go to a Psychologist.

Just do the best you can and explain how you feel about talking, openly, to strangers and if he is not understanding about it, then maybe you should think about asking your Mom to see about a second opinion or even seeing a Psychologist.

Good luck to you. Carol

I cut myself for abour 4 years. Started when I was like 12. My parents found out and sent me to psychiatrist which freaked me out because I didn’t want to talk to a stranger about my life, plus I was ashamed that people knew I was a cutter. Anyways…my psychiatrist was amazing…super understanding, didn’t just sit there quietly and never made me feel pressured to talk about super serious stuff. sometimes we just talked about school, or boys, or music. Whatever I wanted.

It really just depends on who you see. If you really want help, explain to your mom how important it is for you to find a shrink you really like. Hope this helps =)

the psyciatrist I went to was a waste of my time and my mum’s money, to be honest. but if you want them to help you, you’ll have to be honest. how else would they be able to give you any advice? anyways, if they don’t talk to you, I found that if you just sit there and look around, they kinda have to talk. might be mean, but . . .like I said, my psyciatrist didn’t talk and just stared at me the whole time, maybe asking 3 questions the whole hour, hour and a half I was there. so I just sat there and looked at her; eventually, she started talking more. go into the appointment with a good attitude, and don’t tell them anything you don’t feel comfortable telling them. but at the same time, know that the only people they can tell anythign to is your parents, and I’m pretty sure that’s only if they think you’re going to kill yourself or hurt anyone else. good luck.