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What are your horror stories from therapy? (lemmy.world)
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Alright. Let's get a validating vent session going. My fellow beautiful autistic people, what are some horror from your experience with therapists?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I made an appointment with the only psychologist in a hundred miles that didn't have a 2 year wait list in March 2020.

I went there specifically because I was pretty sure I had ADHD and suspected ASD.

She asked me why I was there and I started out, "Well, I suspect I might have ADHD. Beca-"

She interrupted me to say that she knew (I saw her once before years ago, long story) I had a college degree. And therefore I couldn't possibly have ADHD because someone with anything "like that" couldn't possibly have it.

She wouldn't let me get through any of my reasons or listen to me at all. Not the least of which is it took me 10 years to get a 4 year degree.

I left that appointment, went to my GP and said, "I think I have ADHD and here's why."

She said "Yep, sounds like it. Here's Adderall tell me if it helps." (Helps a lot..not completely because also ASD but didn't know at the time)

When I went back the next month for a follow up with my GP she said that the psychologist made a note in my file and that I'm banned from having this medication.

I've never had any substance abuse issues ever. My parents did when they were alive, but I haven't.

I am close to my GP in as much as you can be while maintaining boundaries. We trust each other. She said the psych notes don't match what she knows of me but she was unable to override them. She just...encouraged me to get a second opinion.

Luckily the rise of pandemic telemedicine meant I got an ADHD diagnosis and was properly medicated before the medication shortage.

But I continue to be fucked in the medical system by that one quack psychologist and I don't even know how to move forward pursuing an ASD diagnosis.

She sucked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm assuming that you're referring to an experience with the NHS? Our provision of mental healthcare is shameful. I had a similar experience with a doctor who told me that since I have qualifications that it was unlikely to be ADHD. This was after I told them that I was worried about the substances that I used to get the qualifications. This went on for years as a series of doctors refused to refer me for a diagnostic session. I eventually paid for a private psychiatrist and was duly diagnosed at 47.

I'm not seeking substances any more, I have no desire to because the problem has been decisively solved by the medication and a plethora of coping strategies. Now I'm expected to pretend that the last forty years of gaslighting in schools, colleges, doctors surgeries, etc, was all just a big misunderstanding? This is a country of bigoted Dunning-Kruger morons. Why do I need to follow their rules when they don't know what they are talking about?

Anybody labouring under a mental health disorder is forced to become an expert of their own condition while these cretins grub around in the dirt and wave flags for our most privileged royal family.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In my early 20s, I was seeing a psychologist for depression. Because of issues with my mom, she thought it’d be a good idea to have an appointment with her involved.

So my mom came to an appointment.

And right after they met, it turns out they started meeting up personally to do some kind of craft project together.

The psychologist did inform me and check if it was alright but I had no idea what to say. Trust broken and I just stopped making appointments.