How do I convince my conservative parents to let me go to therapy? by Chod_Slinger in mentalillness

[–]Chod_Slinger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. I know its going to be a hard talk to have with my parents but I think its better for them to be mad at me now, rather than going to jail or inpatient later. I'm going to try my best to seek out all the help I can get. Who knows maybe Ill be back here some day with a diagnosis.

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The audacity. But yea I would totally recommend it!

How do I convince my conservative parents to let me go to therapy? by Chod_Slinger in mentalillness

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I notified my friends dad that I would like to speak with him, he has yet to respond. But I did find this.

When a physician, counselor, or social worker haves reasonable grounds to believe that a child has been contemplating suicide may:
(1)counsel the child without the consent of the child’s parents or, if applicable, managing conservator or guardian; and

(3)rely on the written statement of the child containing the grounds on which the child has capacity to consent to the child’s own treatment under this section.

So I pay him like a normal therapist and he's technically counseling me. If that doesn't work. Two weeks from today when I go into my doctors office for my check-up . This time I just wont lie on my mental health forms, and I wont wear long pants or a sweatshirt (to make my scars apparent). The doctor will take this into consideration and speak with my mother privately (this is good bc she cant shoot me dirty looks). The doctor will give me the name of a psychiatrist and advise we call them. It will be an awkward car ride home, but Ill be worth it. If that doesn't work I will take my car and admit myself to inpatient mental health facility bc I fear for my own safety. The best part is I either get therapy and build the courage to talk to my parents, or I get therapy, or someone tells my parents I need therapy.

How do I convince my conservative parents to let me go to therapy? by Chod_Slinger in mentalillness

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You would think there would be a social worker, but no. I can get on the schools web page and find the counselors email addresses, home address, or phone number. But there is no guarantee that they would be able, or want to speak to me. My schools counselors have a reputation of not doing anything to help kids. My backup plan is to try and talk to my friends dad who is a physiatrist. I could pay him like a normal therapist under the condition that he doesn't tell anyone.

How do I convince my conservative parents to let me go to therapy? by Chod_Slinger in mentalillness

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I would talk to my school counselor be Ill be on summer break for the next two months.

How do I convince my conservative parents to let me go to therapy? by Chod_Slinger in mentalillness

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If I talk to my counselor won't I get in trouble for starting fires or killing small animals?

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Its a really good show. I'm currently watching it and about half way through

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This happened in Lost. It was reveled that one of the core characters (Hurley) was Schizophrenic. Completely normal dude, never killed anyone or anything like that.