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Default Feb 23, 2019 at 11:52 PM
 
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Originally Posted by noonereally View Post
i've tried therapy a bunch of times but i've had horrible luck. i have insurance right now but that's only because i'm not working, if i get a job and make over a certain amount i lose the insurance i have.
anyway a few years because i was going to this therapist who was supposedly really good (and really expensive). she basically told me that because of the way i was people were going to take advantage of me. i tried really hard to do the stuff she told me but she honestly treated me with little respect and took advantage of me herself. she lied to me about when she had availability for me to make appointments, i could tell she didn't like me, and the last time i went to her before i decided to not put up with this anymore, she tried to make me give her my phone and had a fit that i "didn't trust her enough". she even said something like "you don't let people see you're phone? what does your mom think about this?" which really pissed me off because it's like she was manipulating me the same way they do and using them to do it. i've just had a really hard time trusting therapists since then. i've tried a few others since that but i don't feel like im getting help from them and i don't feel like they understand. and i don't want to waste money
Gosh,noonereally. I am really sorry you have had such bad treatment from the therapists.I have had bad experience with therapists and counsellors too,some of them are nasty and narcissists themselves,you don't want to be wasting your time and money to be abused and taken advantage of.But don't give up completely,ask around for word of mouth recommendations,there are good therapists out there that can help,it took me years but I found one that is good and she is NHS so I get her help for free,I know it's different in the US.But I am sure you can find one that will help you but it takes time.If you have had a bad experience at home you can check out all the narcissist material and codependency on google,there is a lot of stuff that helped me.My family were narcissists I don't know if your situation is the same?
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