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Are there groups who offer something other than telling you to submit? (self.betterment)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Powderhorn to c/betterment

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This is depression, alcoholism; it's getting pretty late-stage. All of this is wrong, and everything I've gone through insists they're fucking Reifenstahl.

Yes, I have mentioned her twice this week. It's because it's germane. I'm using that word a lot more, too. It holds a certain connotation.

But that aside, I do not want 988. I want a solution, not some attempt to make me believe rich people shall be my saviors.

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[–] Powderhorn 5 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

I honestly don't know what I'm asking for, either, which makes making sense difficult. Sometimes, all I can tell is "not this," which is not particularly useful, I realise.

[–] Gaywallet 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Are you in therapy or have a mental health professional you see? If not and funding is an issue, have you reached out to local free/discounted healthcare groups to see if there's mental health resources you can get access to? Unfortunately on the internet like this, we aren't professionals and can't provide that kind of help.

[–] Powderhorn 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I have treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. I can understand why this looks like doing nothing; hell, I just got off the phone with my former boss I met in detox who feels the same way.

My problem with mental-health services is they focus on turning you back into a good little bitch for the rich. I think you know that's not me.

[–] Vodulas 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am not a mental health professional by any means, but if this was your experience I think you may have had a shitty therapist. Everybody I know that is in therapy and likes their therapist complains about late stage capitalism with their therapist.

[–] Powderhorn 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't often share this, but my father was regarded as Arizona's foremost adolescent-suicide expert. The issue is self-evident if you are aware of the quality of parenting you get in this situation. This is why I want to fix the world but can't fix myself.

[–] Vodulas 4 points 3 weeks ago

No offense to your father, but that doesn't seem like it invalidates what i said. Sounds like a shitty therapist. I understand the trauma of a shit parent, but that seems like a sketch mix of bad therapist and distant (at best) parent. I'm legitimately sorry you had to deal with that.

As someone that has dealt (not well) with depression, I get the work it takes to find a therapist that clicks, but fuck it might save your life. Be up front about your history. If they are worth their salt they will give 0 shits about who your father was.

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