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How to get better without going to therapy
| A single good medication from a psychiatrist is better than a hundred visits to a shrink.
Start there.
| Shrinks are good for diagnosis but try other types of mind professionals like neurologists and, as mentioned by the post >>117504 , psychiatrists
| Seek help. Don't be ashamed to switch if you don't think they're helping but you do need to go
Your mind is a machine that many people don't understand. Sometimes the machine breaks. Those people might say that there's some easy way to bootstraps yourself into mental health. Fuck those people
Make friends. Talk to someone. Do not let your fear and comfort prevent you from getting what you NEED. I go to the hospital when I have stomach ulcers because it would be irresponsible to
| To try to fix my own shit without support, and without professional knowledge.
Also it helps to set small ACHIEVABLE goals. Eat the elephant one piece at a time
| I pretty much agree with the poster above, but if you don't sleep enough - that can be the trigger for a lot of problems. For example i get effects similar to bipolar disorder if i go a few days without enough sleep. So if that's a problem for you fixing it will help get to a baseline level where you can see what else is going on easier.
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| I have a shit ton of issues, from dysphoria to just plan depression, I don't really know why but I just plainly don't want to go to a therapist.
What to do?