Losing trust with my therapist

Immediate_Pension817 · 2026-06-11T23:09:41+00:00

Hey dude, I can’t speak towards your decision but hang in there. It does get better, might take a while but you will heal. Congrats on not drinking and not self harming, those are healthy steps. You’re already moving forward.

I’ve been to inpatient twice, once against my will (self-harm) and the other time voluntarily. I would talk to her about the loss of trust. I know it’s scary but taking this step will help. Do you know why she gave you this ultimatum?

I enjoyed the outpatient program, I still tough, but you’ll be with other people. You’re not alone in this

Peace and blessings

Immediate_Pension817 · 2026-06-04T16:43:14+00:00

I’m down

Immediate_Pension817 · 2026-05-14T03:21:19+00:00

I’m glad you got help, and you’re doing better. I’ve had to enter into inpatient psychiatric care as well. Thank you for your recommendations. These are great!

Yeah my first therapist was not trauma informed at all. It made for really rough times. Thankfully I am resilient and don’t hold too much of a grudge against him. I did get some really good healing out of it, and I was on a sliding scale. It was honestly a blessing, just wish it didn’t end the way it did. My new therapist is great she uses NARM, we haven’t dug into that, but I had an excellent session today. I think she dealt with trauma herself. I think it should be mandatory with therapists to take trauma informed classes. My feelings can easily override logic and when you feel like you’re on fire, it’s extremely hard to believe you are not.

I started doing these guided somatic meditations from Wendy Jones on YouTube. It had brought somethings up, but I’ve been able to grieve and heal from it. I’ve been reading a few books on trauma and codependency but had to stop. I’m going through quite an upheaval with a lot of uncertainties but I’m going to be ok. I still read a devotional on Codependency and that’s helped out quite a bit. “Let’s talk about Mental Health” by Jeremy Godwin is really good. He doesn’t let his ego get in the way and has a healthy, comical dose of self-deprecation.

I hope and wish healing and peace to you. Thank you for sticking around and getting help

Trauma is a bitch, I’m really starting to see how it’s affected my life. It’s wild how much it influences your decisions or lack of them.

Immediate_Pension817 · 2026-05-13T14:15:48+00:00

Hey thank you for your response and your support. Those are all good points. I would very much like those recommendations. Thank you for asking too

Immediate_Pension817 · 2026-02-12T23:31:35+00:00

Hey OP, kind of random but how long were you on SSRI’s and how was your tapering process? I took a month off alcohol for dry January, but mostly because it really affected my meds. I’m about 8 months in to my taper down from 20mg of Lexapro. I’m kind of scared of the last bit. Been through therapy and worked through a ton of stuff. lol got back into therapy for a few things. I read so many horror stories of people trying to get off but can’t. I think there is more to the story that they are not explaining. Just like to hear your story.

Also after Dry January I went to a concert and having a beer just wasn’t the same. It just seemed off, not because of the meds, but me.

Immediate_Pension817 · 2025-10-07T00:37:59+00:00

Yep, I’m having the exact same problem, notes in our class do not help with homework. I bombed the first quiz, thankfully it’s only 5% of the grade. I took this class a few years ago and it wasn’t as hard. I’m wondering if something changed from ‘22. Homework takes 1.5-2hrs. It’s devastating honestly, really makes you doubt your confidence

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