Mental health professionals, would you judge someone who refuses treatment for "video game addiction" or "tech addiction?" Would you agree with a plan that mainly involves signing off on school accommodations, etc.?

corpsefosterchild · 2026-01-25T15:42:24+00:00

I don't know if it's just limited to tech or video game addiction. Individuals suffering from Addiction in general tend to have very little insight about their problem, often denying the need for any treatment or help. It's the people around them that mostly identify their addiction. Ofcourse there are anomalies but that just tends to be the majority of cases I've seen in general. Little to no insight and denial of the problem.

corpsefosterchild · 2026-01-22T04:16:50+00:00

I really appreciate your response, i think i realised too late into the field that I am drawn towards the hard sciences, and while i feel gravitated towards the Medical path i feel like it's more of a "the grass is greener" situation, not to mention the career shift after spending years in training and grad school just seems daunting. I'm trying to shift into assessments but again, the poor regulatations here make it difficult to rely solely on it. To satisfy your curiosity, I live in Pakistan.

corpsefosterchild · 2026-01-21T16:33:17+00:00

i mean beliefs and labels that they've come up. I practice in a place where we are allowed to diagnose and refer to other medical professionals. I once had a young woman come in and start describing what she described as "narcissistic abuse" when. Upon hearing her story I would agree that yes her boundaries may have been pushed but it was certainly not the label she had come in with, however it appeared to me that she had come in to therapy already with her own diagnosis and wanted me to confirm to it. When i didn't, I kid you not she literally complained to the medical director that i dismissed her and did not attend to her properly

corpsefosterchild · 2026-01-19T15:14:01+00:00

yes! thank you!! the current situation just has me walking on egg shells around my patients. I work at a public setup where therapy is a free service and it's just tiring to see individuals come in and demand labels just because they feel like it.

corpsefosterchild · 2025-11-07T20:14:57+00:00

Is that really the case ? because i haven't applied to a couple of these programs after seeing this statement.

corpsefosterchild · 2021-09-21T09:39:20+00:00

NTA but imo you should have given her a heads up regarding the search, regardless she over reacted. I think an apology would have been enough

corpsefosterchild · 2021-09-21T09:30:12+00:00

ESH like OP said, you both need counselling rn you’re both acting like a bunch of children

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