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Trauma stuff in TO

Submitted by Awen on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 10:27am
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Oh my god, Awen, thank you

Submitted by Pheepho on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 10:46am.

Oh my god, Awen, thank you for being so resourceful on my behalf!  You are amazing!  Why can't I do this stuff for myself?  I am missing the resourceful gene.

This may be perfect, and the quickest way is probably to get a referral from my pdoc.  This will require some clear communication on my part, since I turned down the assessment at Mount Sinai she referred me for...but what the hell?  Do I have to be beholden and perceived as ungrateful just because I am selective in what free services I choose to involve myself in?  I am going to just let go of all that, between now and when I see her next. 

I guess there is a part of me that just stagnates (depression?), so I get tired and don't perservere in finding what I need.  If I could save the $140 i was going to spend on therapy each month and put it towards my debt, art supplies, a trip, food, whatever, my life is just that much better.

Have a great day!

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Glad to help!  This is what

Submitted by Awen on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 12:12pm.

Glad to help!  This is what i was going to do if I moved back to TO.

Assessments?  I never have had a psych test.  I have had 7 hospitalizations and 13 psychiatrists!  They just ask what's wrong and decide what in the DSM 4 of symptoms you sound like you're having, and then lead you to agree with that.  I always wanted a big test.  But that is when I thought diagnosis actually meant there was a cure.

"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do." -William Blake

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