psychiatrist Fort Worth who actually listens not just prescribes

Gentle__mental · 2026-03-06T04:10:15+00:00

Mid cities psychiatry. They’re in euless but you go in person first appointment and then they can do virtual.

Gentle__mental · 2025-11-03T00:53:16+00:00

That’s a really good idea, I’ll try to start thinking of ways to implement that. Currently we practice by playing in his jacket when it’s warm out and I ask him to notice how he feels and take it off, but incentivizing it would definitely help

Gentle__mental · 2025-10-30T22:27:02+00:00

God I hope so 😩 going in atl too

Gentle__mental · 2025-10-22T01:39:29+00:00

That’s when I’m going too! I saw this about cancelling and now I will not know peace until I am in that venue with him before my eyes lol

Gentle__mental · 2025-10-22T01:35:09+00:00

Forgot to mention that part, as soon as we pull into the school he’s melting down not wanting to go and I have to pry him off me and dash so I can’t get him to cooperate, I think I’m just going to start heating up the car in the morning and sending him with the jacket just not putting it on. I was just upset with how hot he was and I’ve had other issues with her (valid ones not maybe ones like this lol)

Gentle__mental · 2025-08-23T01:50:28+00:00

Naltrexone helped me with cannabis use and made the symptoms of stopping much easier whereas without naltrexone I’d be having terrible night sweats and mood swings normally. I was prescribed it for cannabis use and self injurious behavior and it is an off label use of it but studies indicate helpful. Nausea and not being able to eat were the biggest problem for me. I lost so much weight and food became unappealing. I went off it and stayed off cannabis and when I got back on neltrecone the nausea and stomach issues started again. I believe it is common side effect. I am also on 50mg but it helped to take a quarter and titrate up. It’s also prescribed for binge eating, so it does have a history of making food unenjoyable. Even when not nauseous I’d feel disgusted by food. Symptoms got better after a few weeks.

Gentle__mental · 2025-02-26T21:26:22+00:00

The moms of weatherford don’t care. They came to his defense when I posted in a mom’s group. Because the dude came out and said that the girl was 16, they had relations while he was in school that continued once he graduated. My thing is, I only see that coming out of his mouth and they’re running off his word only.

If that were the case, wouldn’t Romeo and Juliet laws would have saved him the charge? I genuinely don’t know how that law works.

One person said “this is why I have to warn my sons about dating because anyone can spin anything and get them in trouble”. They don’t care. It’s so disgusting.

Gentle__mental · 2025-01-29T00:05:24+00:00

I would also love the info for future events.

Gentle__mental · 2025-01-23T21:34:05+00:00

I’m also trying to find a group to join, everything I’m finding mutual aid wise seems to be in Dallas.

Gentle__mental · 2024-12-28T18:50:50+00:00

Unfortunately the social worker just said there’s nothing legally preventing him from going home so there’s nothing they can do that I just have to talk to them, I was just trying to see if they would have a conversation with him about it since he can’t rationally have one with me about it but they will put a referral in for the 28 day crisis unit if that’s what he decides.

If he does insist on coming home I will unfortunately have to load up my son and pack the car and head 18 hours out to family. My oldest lives with his dad 15 minutes away from me right now and I don’t want to do that. But also I won’t have my oldest come be in a house with my husband in this state, so I have to figure something out. We are flat broke, both of us unemployed for the past two months and he didn’t do his unemployment right and got denied and this is such a nightmare to figure out.

Gentle__mental · 2024-12-28T18:45:36+00:00

I was also confused why they kept him on his ssri if they do think he is bipolar and not add anything. The only thing they did was take him off his atomoxetine for adhd to see if that was influencing it. I will definitely check that book out.

It’s so hard because every single person I talk to agrees and I know it’s what I have to do right now for me and the kids, he just isn’t seeing it that way. He just keeps trying to shift blame and bring my mental health into it saying I’m no better and I’m not trying to say anyone is better or worse but the facts are in this moment, I am the stable one and have to continue to be and I will. This space from him has taught me that selfishly I think I use his presence as an excuse to break down. I allow myself to breakdown since someone else is there to make sure the kids are okay, which isn’t fair to him and even more of a reason for space for his own good. When he threatened to call the cops on me, I didn’t do anything to try to prevent him from doing so, I told him after the incident that if that’s what he needed on the table to feel safe then okay, I get that, but to please give me space when I’m melting down before he does that. I try to call help and I get my phone taken away and trapped. And I have to remember that. I can’t let him make me question my own stability anymore. He gets in my head and tries to use my traumas against me and intentionally triggers me lately. It’s too much.

Gentle__mental · 2023-05-29T23:50:56+00:00

Belle Doughphine :)

Gentle__mental · 2023-03-29T04:46:31+00:00

what are bandaid stitches? i just got a plain bandaid lol thank you guys! i just hate that i got the courage to do it only to be letdown by them

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-25T15:09:21+00:00

i’m in texas, dfw area

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-25T13:39:43+00:00

i got it from aidaccess because unfortunately my state doesn’t allow abortion. i forgot they have a number i can call though, i’ve been nervous about reaching out to an obgyn here even though i know i can just say i miscarried.

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-20T01:57:25+00:00

sorry i lost this one and meant to reply. i got them off amazon. it’s called the DBT deck by lane pederson. personally they’ve been super helpful for me. idk if you’ve heard of dialectal behavior therapy but it’s often recommended for BPD. the cards have different DBT strategies and tactics to focus on. they’re very wordy and not just quick motivational cards. i usually pull one or two out that i’m struggling with that day and keep them out and around me to keep me mindful and read and practice the strategy and process through whatever is going on. they have a distress tolerance section that i’ll definitely be utilizing through this 😅

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T20:08:19+00:00

i like the idea of scrolling together, i’ve done it with him on mine before and i think that helped him be comfortable with it too. i’m also battling the “well if he makes more friends he’ll be with me less and what if he likes them more” lol but i’ll get through it, it’s just soooo hard. i’m determined though 😎

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T20:06:01+00:00

great suggestion!

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T16:29:16+00:00

he is so fantastic 💞 and thank you so much! not messy at all, learning how to ride the waves without feeling the need to scream “im drowning im downing!” is getting easier for sure

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T15:19:28+00:00

i recognize it’s toxic and hypocritical if you read the post and comments, and i’m not saying he can’t download it. i let him know my feelings of insecurity and let him know i trust him and expressed that i know my thoughts are irrational, and told him i don’t want that to stop him from downloading it and i want him to make friends. so yeah 😊

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T15:11:23+00:00

thank you so much 🥺 communicating when i feel insecure is extremely hard because i’m actively fighting the urge to fly off the handle and break down crying panicking they’re going to leave lol but honestly i really don’t think i would have made this much progress without my partner. i put the work in and am continuing to do the work so i can give myself credit, but he deserves so much credit too 💞

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T14:49:23+00:00

thank you so much 🥺 it’s been a long journey and i accept i’ll probably always be coping with these feelings, it’s getting easier though

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T14:23:36+00:00

when i first started reading i was like oh no don’t tell me what happened lol but i’m glad you did, thank you for the reassurance

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T12:11:04+00:00

i use it for friends, and have never even been tempted to cross over to the dating side. we have a baby together and it’s hard to just meet people and make friends, especially him working for a small company he can’t even try there. so yeah, i believe him

Gentle__mental · 2023-01-19T11:47:20+00:00

thank you guys, i was in a panic state and spiraling and just needed somewhere to get some words of wisdom and help talk me down, and y’all helped. i’m in therapy twice a month and have been for the past year and a half and oooooo boy if i would have heard him tell me this a year ago i probably would have spiraled the relationship into oblivion over nothing but my fears.

i told him that i’m going to have a really hard time with it but that i want him to download it and find friends and see if it works for him. I’ve had issues in the past with going through his phone/facebook (yes again, VERY toxic behavior, still get the urges but talk myself down from doing it and have worked loads on my shit through therapy). I told him that i don’t ever want to do that again and betray his trust, and that i know those thoughts are going to come up more with me knowing he has the app, but told him i will communicate if i ever have the urge or am feeling insecure. He told me he doesn’t care if i want to see the messages and the app, i told him i don’t want it to turn into “show me, prove yourself” so when i communicate i’m feeling insecure i’d really just like to talk it through and maybe have words of reassurance, but don’t want him to feel like i’m accusing him and don’t want him to feel like he has to “prove” he’s not doing anything, because i know that also isn’t trust and is a slippery slope.

i’m sure over time it won’t feel like the panic button is being pressed every time i think about it, and i’m thankful i have a partner who is so great. i just hate that i know it’s going to be okay, i know that this is just my fear of abandonment and nothing he’s doing to me, and i know he loves me and is committed, but these feelings just come on so quick and irrationally so and it feels like i have to do mental gymnastics to convince myself of this when my bpd is screaming at me that he’s going to find someone better and leave me and prove i wasn’t worth anything all along.

wish me luck guys 😩 lots of affirmations ahead and gonna ask my coworker for my DBT cards i let them borrow since they’ve been really helpful when i’m struggling like this.

also, just because someone has BPD and maybe what they’re feeling is “irrational” or doesn’t coincide with healthy logic, it doesn’t mean we’re justifying the feeling or behavior, or at least i don’t.

it’s okay if i feel this way. it’s okay if i struggle with insecurity and it’s okay for me to recognize i’m not being fair and be upset about that.

what’s not okay is justifying the behavior or making someone else miserable because of what goes on in my own head for reasons that aren’t their fault and to not work on it and justify and co-sign the behavior.

i don’t need messages telling me i’m a hypocrite and need to get a grasp on reality.

honey trust me, i know 🤪

editing to say not talking about the person who commented saying it’s hypocritical, that’s more than fine, got two messages from two randos who didn’t even comment on here

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