okay, so, just now my parents told me that they are taking me to a counselor tonight… they didnt really warn me. i leave in a few minutes… i am kinda happy and yet kinda scared… today was a really bad and long day so i kinda just wanna sleep haha. i am kinda excited though because all of my friends that SI tell me that it is fun and can really help sometimes. so hey, what can it hurt, rite? :/ either way i decided to at least shoot for making it until friday with no SIing. maybe this will help? idk… im kinda nervous… anyone with experiance can tell me how it went for them? ill read responses once i get back and ill post how it went! 🙂 lov yall.
That’s great! Set goals for yourself. And be brutally honest with this person, make them your best friend. The room you talk to your counselor in is THE SAFEST ONE IN THE WORLD. Know why? Because what goes in doesn’t leave, unless of course you repeat it. They never tell anyone what you have to say without your permission. I love my counselor to death, she’s one of the wisest people I know. I hope you get to see that happen to you, because counseling and talking about your problems can be the greatest part about recovery.
good luck!<3
Its wonderful that you are optamistic about going to see a counseler. When i first saw mine, my mom sprung it on me at the last notice, she told me at 11 the night before when i had two friends spending the night that i had an appt the next morning at ten. Needless to say, my first session didnt go very well. In fact i didnt really talk to her much at all until after i was sent to texas. I talked to her some, but i didnt tell her much and wasnt very optamistic, so its great that you can look at it with a good attitude.
the key is to get the right counseler for your needs. I am increadibly lucky, my doctor reccomened one to my mom, and she turned out to be great, but if i had gotten stuck with a different counseler the outcome would have been totally different. If i had gotten a young, optamistic yet slightly inexperianced counseler, they would be rethinking their career and i would probobly be dead.
so i just realized that iv been rambaling a lot about my life, and not really giving you any advice, so sorry if this comment doesent help at all but, i hope it helps at least a little