So, I’ve been depressed for about 25 years, there were better times here and there on those 25 years, and I guess there weren’t too extreme bad times either, I’ve never sought help however, I have never consulted with anyone, professional or not.
The extreme bad time though, is that I have been destroying my life in terms of relationships, specifically friends and family, I have been pretty good about pushing people away and ending relationships.
Well, I could go on about specifics and try and discuss some of those here and get different perspectives on things, I’m convinced it’s not 100% on me, we are all humans and we all make mistakes, even though I fully believe some friends/family wronged me, I’ve dealt with it in ways that made things worse, and I don’t know how to reverse it without causing further emotional damage. But it is way overdue I fix my life.
So, let’s talk about help, where should I seek it? How to chose and which professional to chose?
Psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist? After determining which professional, how do you chose one?
I should mention I will have to seek and hire one, have no health plan and I’m not in a job that provides anything remotely close to this sort of thing, so, I guess we could discuss how much I should expect to pay.
TIA