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JayneA
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Hi,
I've recently been diagnosed with 'borderline personality disorder' - don't they love their labels.
Anyway, I'm on a waiting list for psychotherapy and just wondered if anyone else has had it, and if it helped.
I've had general counselling before which wasn't helpful - mainly because I didn't really click with the counsellor and also because he seemed to forget everything I'd ever told him. Each week I went back and had to repeat my basic story/circumstances again. I'm hoping psychotherapy will be better! The therapist who assessed me and is taking me on seems really easy to talk to at least.
Also, has anyone else had problems with their psych ward and GP passing you back and forth? Ie. you visit your GP and he tells you to ring psych, you ring psych and they tell you to see your GP. When visiting my GP to do 'the right thing' when suicidal, he sent me away with a phone number. I got the feeling they were passing the buck so if I went through with it they could just blame each other and not be held accountable.
Thanks!
Jayne
I've recently been diagnosed with 'borderline personality disorder' - don't they love their labels.
Anyway, I'm on a waiting list for psychotherapy and just wondered if anyone else has had it, and if it helped.
I've had general counselling before which wasn't helpful - mainly because I didn't really click with the counsellor and also because he seemed to forget everything I'd ever told him. Each week I went back and had to repeat my basic story/circumstances again. I'm hoping psychotherapy will be better! The therapist who assessed me and is taking me on seems really easy to talk to at least.
Also, has anyone else had problems with their psych ward and GP passing you back and forth? Ie. you visit your GP and he tells you to ring psych, you ring psych and they tell you to see your GP. When visiting my GP to do 'the right thing' when suicidal, he sent me away with a phone number. I got the feeling they were passing the buck so if I went through with it they could just blame each other and not be held accountable.
Thanks!
Jayne