I’ve been through idk how many therapists. And therapy is expensive as fuck because my insurance is shit. So I’m fucking done with this bullshit.

Most therapists I’ve tried, even if they claim to have certain treatment modalities, seem to just be keen on sitting there and listening to me talk without giving me much guidance at all. They give me vague ideas and not actually real skills or homework. This isn’t helping me at all whatsoever.

Part of the issue is that I literally could never pinpoint what the fuck my issue was. I did see a therapist years back who seemed to actually give skills and worksheets, but she was using CBT for a minor issue for me because I couldn’t figure out what my problem actually was. I only had a few sessions and then stopped due to the price and the fact that I thought she latched onto a minor problem to treat (and I didn’t know my issue then).

When someone told me about “emotional dysregulation” and I found out that DBT is the gold standard for it, I have tried to find some who practice this, but it seems that most don’t. And those who claim to are actually often essentially talk therapists who just listen to me instead of giving me techniques and homework to build skills.

I’m frustrated as all fucking hell. Recently my work told me I will be fired if I cannot sort myself out. I am desperate here.

I live in the US, Florida specifically.

Thanks for listening.

  • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Please be careful with using AI to help with ANYTHING to do with mental health. It’s one of the worst tools for that because they are literally designed to only tell you what you want to hear. I highly suggest watching a channel on YouTube called HealthyGamerGG. His starting focus was mostly young mens mental health but he has a lot of very informative videos on a lot of subjects that I found incredibly useful. I followed along to multiple videos and took notes, and while I did start therapy at the same time I would say that this channel was a large part of my improving mental health.

    • dingus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Yeah it does do a lot of telling you what to hear but honestly I spend a lot of time arguing with mine instead of it just validating me lol. I think as they continue to develop it, it becomes less like that.

      The problem is my therapist just gives me vague concepts and I don’t at all know what to do with the information. So I keep going to ChatGPT to help me try to figure out what to do with the concepts she gives me.

      I just feel like this isn’t giving me enough structure or guidance to the point where I can make much progress.