#so if ur going in every week w no interest in engaging w ur therapist and no thought about what things u struggled w over the past week etc

[spirograffe]

hey besties, if it does not seem to u that ur therapist thinks that their job is to make ur life better and reduce how ur symptoms impede the shit u want to do in ur life, then that therapist is not right for u!

ur psychiatrist's job is to medicate u (and also hopefully listen to ur concerns about ur meds and take them seriously!!!), but ur therapist's job is to make sure u have the tools to feel as safe and comfortable as possible in ur circumstances, with or without medication. your therapist should be encouraging you to set boundaries with people who hurt you, to communicate ur feelings openly and clearly, to identify those feelings and be able to work through them in healthy ways (finding alternatives to self harm and/or substance abuse, etc). if none of this is happening for you in therapy, you need to either have a serious talk w ur therapist about what ur needs and goals are, or you need to find a new therapist!!!

i know that this isn't easy and in some instances there may not even be another therapist available for you, and that rly sucks!! but if you are not getting what you need from therapy, you unfortunately need to advocate for yourself to be able to get those things. not all therapists are good at their jobs, but that doesn't mean that there ISN'T a therapist out there who is right for you <3

I believe medication and therapy is good, but my god is it exhausting being put on meds that constantly fuck me up and give me genuine health issues. I was pressured into taking antipsychotics and they worked for awhile but I started to get severe side effects/health issues and when bringing this up to my psychiatrist she just wanted me to take them in the morning. 😭