Hi, I’m 21 female. I’ve been struggling with mental health issues and financially I have no clue what to do. I’ve struggled with mental health issues my whole life but it seems worse. At night I get anxious, like really anxious. I see things at the corner of my eye or sometimes just in the distance, I hear stuff like dogs barking and ice cream trucks that those around me can’t. I think there’s rats in my water pipes? I haven’t been able to sleep well in a long time. I’ve experienced really traumatic things in life so I thought I was struggling with ptsd but I’m not so sure anymore. Today I set my car alarm off on accident and the noise gave me a panic attack so bad I was on the road crying. The issue is, I can’t afford a therapist or psychiatrist. I’ve thought about telling my primary care doctor but I’m scared I’d be referred to a psychiatrist I can’t afford or just involuntarily hospitalized which I cannot handle. I just want help. I don’t know which of those online therapy things are legitimate or if I just got scammed out of my insurance information. Does anyone know how to get mental help without much money?
