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Default Apr 10, 2019 at 01:50 PM
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Each time I have a review with the psychologist overseeing my cbt (I do it online and they call for reviews) I have to fill in depression questionnaires, a risk assessment form and a few others and I detest filling them in. Anyone else hate doing these?

When I first started the programme I filled it in without being honest but after thinking hard about it I decided to be honest with myself and filled them in truthfully which meant the results were worse and the therapist tells me that the system brings up red flags from my answers.

This happens each time I fill them in and I’m not sure why but it makes me dread filling them in. I just feel silly that week after week I’m filling them in pretty much exactly the same because how I’m feeling hasn’t improved.

We don’t really talk about depression because it’s an anxiety cbt course I signed up for. The therapist asks if I am safe to which I say yes (I wouldn’t say no even if I wasn’t as I don’t want anyone else involved) and they have suggested a few things to try when I’m feeling bad. I’m just getting to the point where I detest filling in the forms and I’m tempted to change my answers a bit going forward so I don’t feel like an idiot for always answering the same way.

I’m not sure what the purpose of this post is really but I wanted to get it off my chest because
It has been bugging me for a little while.

Is it common to have to fill them in each session and do you fill them in honestly no matter what?
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Default Apr 10, 2019 at 05:25 PM
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I don’t like filling these in.
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Default Apr 10, 2019 at 06:58 PM
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I’m not a fan either. Hugs

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Each time I have a review with the psychologist overseeing my cbt (I do it online and they call for reviews) I have to fill in depression questionnaires, a risk assessment form and a few others and I detest filling them in. Anyone else hate doing these?

When I first started the programme I filled it in without being honest but after thinking hard about it I decided to be honest with myself and filled them in truthfully which meant the results were worse and the therapist tells me that the system brings up red flags from my answers.

This happens each time I fill them in and I’m not sure why but it makes me dread filling them in. I just feel silly that week after week I’m filling them in pretty much exactly the same because how I’m feeling hasn’t improved.

We don’t really talk about depression because it’s an anxiety cbt course I signed up for. The therapist asks if I am safe to which I say yes (I wouldn’t say no even if I wasn’t as I don’t want anyone else involved) and they have suggested a few things to try when I’m feeling bad. I’m just getting to the point where I detest filling in the forms and I’m tempted to change my answers a bit going forward so I don’t feel like an idiot for always answering the same way.

I’m not sure what the purpose of this post is really but I wanted to get it off my chest because
It has been bugging me for a little while.

Is it common to have to fill them in each session and do you fill them in honestly no matter what?
I received a "follow-up" phone call from my doctor's office years ago after an appointment when I was talking about worsening depression. It's lifelong and not new to me. Anyway, a month later, I received a phone call out of the blue from a nurse. She expected me to answer the depression inventory with her over the phone. This was a nurse I'd never even met before. Why on earth would I talk to a complete stranger over the phone about my depressed thoughts or whether I had suicidal ideation? I told the nurse that I would not do it. She asked if she could call back in a month to ask again. I said no.

When I did therapy for several years with a psychologist, she never used the inventory.

I think it's helpful to remember that you have a right to refuse things as a patient. If you don't want your therapy to involve the inventory, you don't have to do it.

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Your doctor will be able to help you.
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Default Apr 10, 2019 at 09:33 PM
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Interesting replies! It seems that all may not be well in the health system in this forest.

Many hugs and support to the OP and all who are suffering.

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