Do I need a Psychiatrist?!
Question: Hi I'm 14 and I've always been a pessimist and also have really low self esteem. I've been like this since I was a kid. Everytime people say bad stuff about me i always put it in my mind and always become sensitive about it. I keep on telling my friends and relatives that i think i need a psychiatrist or i might have some kind of emotional or mental disability but they just always take it as a joke. I can't understand myself I get depressed at times and I don't even know why. There's times when I'm happy and after that i always feel so lonely. And my friends realized that i always cry for no reason. I think about my family and financial problems. I'm currently living with my Aunt. No one understands me. I don't know what to do anymore. I always think about death and tried to slit my wrists. Something is really wrong with me. It's hard because I've always wanted love and attention. It just goes on and off. I can't explain it and tell all the details.But do you think I seek help? Thanks.
Answers: Hi I'm 14 and I've always been a pessimist and also have really low self esteem. I've been like this since I was a kid. Everytime people say bad stuff about me i always put it in my mind and always become sensitive about it. I keep on telling my friends and relatives that i think i need a psychiatrist or i might have some kind of emotional or mental disability but they just always take it as a joke. I can't understand myself I get depressed at times and I don't even know why. There's times when I'm happy and after that i always feel so lonely. And my friends realized that i always cry for no reason. I think about my family and financial problems. I'm currently living with my Aunt. No one understands me. I don't know what to do anymore. I always think about death and tried to slit my wrists. Something is really wrong with me. It's hard because I've always wanted love and attention. It just goes on and off. I can't explain it and tell all the details.But do you think I seek help? Thanks.
Go see a psychologist first. If he/she thinks you have a mental disorder, they will recommend a psychiatrist. You seem like you just have severe depression, and need some counseling. However, you may have something more serious like bi-polar disorder or something but no one here can tell, so go get some help...good luck =)
some people here are telling you to go see your school nurse and stuff...I wouldn't do that because you're still under 18 and what you tell them will not be under privacy. Definitely go see a psychologist
try a counselor or psychologist first....a psychiatrist usually would prescribe medication for you but I think you would benefit from talking with someone
It wouldn't hurt to get a psych evaluation to find out if you are bipolar, depressed, anxiety, ocd..it never hurts. You should get help.
I think you should talk to someone that will certainly listen to you counselor or psychologist. If it doesn't help much then maybe contact your doctor and maybe he can arrange you with a Psychiatrist.
good luck ?
Dont slit your wrists. This will pass and you will regret. Talk to a trusted adult. Everyone has felt that way, especially at 14.
Yes, because you stated you attempted to slit your wrists. Please go to your school nurse and tell her or another trusted adult in your life that this is how you have been feeling. Have you told your Aunt? Please do so now.
please dont go emo
yeah if you can afford it go for it
u need to do a comprehensive hormone profile test
if ur hormomes are out of balance or some to low or high
that can be and is in most cases the real couse,
soo u need to do those test not cheap 300-1000, masure
all importat hormomes, dhea, test, estrogen estradiol, progenelone, serotonin, stress hormomes etc,
if thats the couse soulition could be as simple as popinng hormome pill a day to restore evrithing
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Awwww sorry honey that you get the blues. Find a good adult who will listen to you. Talk to someone. You are NOT alone. Chat online too! Communicate and dont carry your troubles alone. You are loved and people are thinking of you.x
you are really not in the pink of health.seeking doctor help is good or someone who is a motivational coach might help to overcome your sadness.Last of all you can overcome it yourself by focusing on positive energy like love,in the power of prayers and trust in God.Hope you succeed will pray for you.Good luck and take care.TLC
Oh my, you sound like me. I'm 16 now, but when I was around 14 I would feel the same way you do. I never even thought about a shrink, as I don't think talking about it would help nor be very comfortable for me. Over the years it's gotten better, but I still feel like something is missing and I'm still a tad shy, but better than what I was. If you think it would help you then I'd give it a try. If it works, great, if not, at least you tried.
Go to your doctor and they should be able to refer you to a psychologist. I dont think you need to go to a psychiatrist as even if you need anti depressants, your doctor can prescribe those for you. I went to a psychologist with anxiety problems and mild depression and i found it helped quite a bit to work out my thought patterns and how to identify them and cope with them. Medication should only be for people who are sucidal or used as a last resort. You may qualify for anti depressents but speak with your doctor, that is the best advice i can give you. Dont be afraid.
PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!!!!! (",) I'm 14 too, i'm in the exact same situation but i've had a phyciatrist, and he was TERRIBLE! he actually made things worse and i felt like such a loser and that i was such an outcast, like there was no other 14 year olds seeing a phyciatrist. so i was obviously a freak cause i have one!! i HAVE ANOTHER appointment on monday but im NOT going!!!! He hasn't helped at all and had made me feel like killing myself more. I felt like killing my family too, and i have the LOWEST self esteem ever!!!!! And things have changed with my family so much, and nothing is the same, I can't even talk to them in the same way. I suffered from anorexia as a result of all my attention seeking and low self esteem and it has just made things worse but i'm now just begining to get back to normal. i hate going to school, i mean i have friends too, and they say i'm cool and all, but i think the're lying and i feel so sorry for them that they have to lokk at me so i never meet their eyes. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL! i have to take this medicine now because they tell me that my brain has a hormonial imbalance and thats why i feel so negative and hjave no energy either and can barely communicate with peers. but i've been taking it for months and nothing has changed!!!! ....Barely!!!!!!If you are a girl, i suggest you get a female phyciatrist unlike poor me!!!!!! Talk it through with your family and don't bottle things up i'vwe done that, and its only made things worse. I want to help you, please, jjust get help, and talk to your family, i thought i was the only 14 yr old girl in the world who had such terrible thoughts of killing others, and who needed to see a physciatriat and who had such a low self esteem knowing your out there has helped me, i hope you knowing about me helps you too!!!! Thank you so much, please contact me @ iloveladdie1@yahoo.com please. (",) You ROCK!!!! I MEAN IT!!!!!! xxoxx (",) i meant it! Talk to me!!!!! i want to talk to you!! (Jesus! i hope that doesn't sound too scary!)