scorpion1386
Well-Known Member
Dude was trying to put me back on zoloft. I swear, even psychiatrists aren't created equal. This sucks...
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My psychiatrist doesn't understand porn addiction.
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I've always gone to psychologists and behavioral counselors, not psychiatrists. In my 2 or 3 experiences going to a psychiatrist, my #1 impression was that he didn't give a $#!^ about what my actual issues were. He just kept experimenting with prescribing me different types of anti-depressants. What I figured out later on was that I can get my primary care physician to prescribe me anti-dep meds, at a much lower co-pay per visit.
That said, though, counselors don't really seem to understand porn addiction either. But the upside is they'll be much more likely to listen to you talk than a psychiatrist.
That said, though, counselors don't really seem to understand porn addiction either. But the upside is they'll be much more likely to listen to you talk than a psychiatrist.
scorpion1386
Well-Known Member
Why don't they understand the porn addiction? Why do none of them treat it as a real issue? This is ridiculous because they don't even read this:
https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/educating-your-therapist
Fuck this. I'm trying to get help and I don't know what to do.
https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/educating-your-therapist
Fuck this. I'm trying to get help and I don't know what to do.
MonkeyShark
Member
I certainly do not want to make things worse, but psychiatry is about treating severe mental and emotional illnesses with medication and unless you have one of those and needs med for those issues, your psychiatrist may have nothing he can do for you.
I have a long history of working in therapy; starting at age 8, I'm now 48. The person I see now, fits and gets me. She is not the person with the highest or most prestigious degree, but she cares. Through working with her and within the programs she is associated with, over the years I have "come home" from a truly dark and disturbing childhood that left me a self-destructive mess. I now see her from time to time when I need help with the next layer in the onion so to speak.
I have somehow found my way to a fairly good career but a strong sense of myself. Porn is something I didn't even think I had a problem with, until I read the list of symptoms. I stopped PMO that day and things are wwwwaaayyyy fucking better than they have been in a long time.
I would say finding the person you trust who exhibits care for you as a person, who you click with is the most important thing. Educating them should help them help you. If you try to educate someone who doesn't care, they won't hear you and will blow you off.
Again, I certainly do not mean to make you feel hopeless or worse, but this has been my experience. There are great resources here and other places, they are crude and you have to piece things together in the way you need, but that is everything in life. It is all crude and needs you're personalized touch to make it apply to you.
I have a long history of working in therapy; starting at age 8, I'm now 48. The person I see now, fits and gets me. She is not the person with the highest or most prestigious degree, but she cares. Through working with her and within the programs she is associated with, over the years I have "come home" from a truly dark and disturbing childhood that left me a self-destructive mess. I now see her from time to time when I need help with the next layer in the onion so to speak.
I have somehow found my way to a fairly good career but a strong sense of myself. Porn is something I didn't even think I had a problem with, until I read the list of symptoms. I stopped PMO that day and things are wwwwaaayyyy fucking better than they have been in a long time.
I would say finding the person you trust who exhibits care for you as a person, who you click with is the most important thing. Educating them should help them help you. If you try to educate someone who doesn't care, they won't hear you and will blow you off.
Again, I certainly do not mean to make you feel hopeless or worse, but this has been my experience. There are great resources here and other places, they are crude and you have to piece things together in the way you need, but that is everything in life. It is all crude and needs you're personalized touch to make it apply to you.