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Hi I Guess This is Me,
I had to smile when I was reading your post. You sound so much like me!
I too struggle with depression and anxiety yet to the outside world, I'm the confident, successful woman who helps everyone else. I've tried to open up to friends when I'm feeling down, but I find that I can't stand the idea of letting people see that I am not that person they think I am. Even to myself, I have a hard time admitting that my depression is a genetic weakness that I have to live with and deal with on a daily basis. My mother used to keep me grounded. She understood me as she struggled with depression most of her life too. But over the last 3 years I've slowly lost her to old age and dementia. She's there, but she's not anymore. I'd love to find a therapist but it seems that they all charge and arm and a leg and I just can't afford their rates of $120 per hour. I did go to a psychiatrist to ask him if he could recommend a psychologist that I could see for talk therapy, but he wasn't really helpful. I'd love to find someone that I could just sit down and talk to for an hour a week. Just to know that you have that hour that is all yours would be heaven.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. And I wish you luck finding your therapist. I'll continue to look for mine.
Hi I Guess This is Me,
I had to smile when I was reading your post. You sound so much like me!
I too struggle with depression and anxiety yet to the outside world, I'm the confident, successful woman who helps everyone else. I've tried to open up to friends when I'm feeling down, but I find that I can't stand the idea of letting people see that I am not that person they think I am. Even to myself, I have a hard time admitting that my depression is a genetic weakness that I have to live with and deal with on a daily basis. My mother used to keep me grounded. She understood me as she struggled with depression most of her life too. But over the last 3 years I've slowly lost her to old age and dementia. She's there, but she's not anymore. I'd love to find a therapist but it seems that they all charge and arm and a leg and I just can't afford their rates of $120 per hour. I did go to a psychiatrist to ask him if he could recommend a psychologist that I could see for talk therapy, but he wasn't really helpful. I'd love to find someone that I could just sit down and talk to for an hour a week. Just to know that you have that hour that is all yours would be heaven.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. And I wish you luck finding your therapist. I'll continue to look for mine.
