Do I need A Phyciatrist? :/?!
Question: Do I need A Phyciatrist? :/?
I've been overly depressed since I was 8, i've had alot of friend problems and I don't feel close enough to my family. I have a boyfriend, but I don't even feel close enough to him to talk about my depression.
I'm 16 in march now, and I still feel as depressed as I did then. since then I've been sexually harassed twice when i was 9 and 13 and the first time was pinned on my brother. That put me through a lot of emotional distress because i knew it wasn't him. not to mention, my grandmother died in the middle of it, which put me in a rough spot. after 12, i started losing my friends and even my best friends, to the point where i started cutting myself because i couldn't take the emotional pain, and then i met Caleb, my boyfriend. Since I met him i haven't been cutting, but i still feel depressed and lonely. I feel like i can't relate to anyone at all, not even the people i love. Now since I've started high school, i can't take all the stress at once. sometimes i feel like i shouldn't live anymore, or i'll feel like cutting again. I don't want to hurt the people I love more than I have, and I don't want to hurt myself. Does anyone think I need "profesional" help?
I'm 16 in march now, and I still feel as depressed as I did then. since then I've been sexually harassed twice when i was 9 and 13 and the first time was pinned on my brother. That put me through a lot of emotional distress because i knew it wasn't him. not to mention, my grandmother died in the middle of it, which put me in a rough spot. after 12, i started losing my friends and even my best friends, to the point where i started cutting myself because i couldn't take the emotional pain, and then i met Caleb, my boyfriend. Since I met him i haven't been cutting, but i still feel depressed and lonely. I feel like i can't relate to anyone at all, not even the people i love. Now since I've started high school, i can't take all the stress at once. sometimes i feel like i shouldn't live anymore, or i'll feel like cutting again. I don't want to hurt the people I love more than I have, and I don't want to hurt myself. Does anyone think I need "profesional" help?
Answers:
You don't need a psychiatrist, you need a therapist; someone to talk to who can help you understand yourself as well as the people around you, what you feel, how you feel, why you do things, etc. Therapists usually work at the same places or clinics as psychiatrists.