Last night, as I was watching an episode of Law and Order, a thought occurred to me…I wonder if my insurance covers a visit to a psychiatric doctor?…Trust me I am not a person that bottles things up inside as a matter of a fact I talk too much or anyone I know would say so…It’s just that at times depending on those people you know and regularly speak to your conversation gets limited and I feel stifled…There are certain things I can’t talk to about certain people, maybe cause they wouldn’t get it or they would take it the wrong way…There is something interesting for me to speak with someone who doesn’t know anything about you and therefore you would be free to let sides of you not expressed before to come out…I am also fascinated by how a person of that profession would conduct their study into ones’ psychs…what are the questions to ask? what are the words to listen for? how to get someone to open to you?…I mean I learned from my own personal experience ones doesn’t talk to two people in the same manner to get results, you have to adjust yourself to the other person’s speed in order to get to know things about them…Who psychiatrist determines what is the best approach? is it instinctive and profiled in a very detailed manner before your first session?…If I was to have one super power it would have been the ability to read people’s mind although i see often those who have those power on TV tend to go crazy and live reclusive lifestyles…Maybe I wanted the ability to read the minds of only those I wanted to know what they were thinking of and not everyone…Thinking of it now, I think that’s why I talk too much, because I want the people to know what I am thinking no filtered no hold backs of any kind…But as I got older and my circle of acquaintances began to dwindle, my range of conversation begins to change too…And maybe it is that very reason which makes me today wonder why not go to psychiatrist and see where it leads!….Khadra
shastasheen said,
March 20, 2007 @ 9:05 pm
Hi Khadra,
why not go to the pychiatrist and see where it leads?
I’m 26 and still study at university. Two or three years ago I came to a point where I recognized that I couldn’t continue my way of life. I grew up in a family where perfomance is everything. Being first winner was always important to me. I was number one at school, number one at driving school, number one at university, started my own business with 20 and it looked like I had the perfect relationship. In fact, I had no weekends and all I did was to eager for being number one.
I ran into a situation where everything was too much and one summer there was a big bang, I had enough and wanted to change everything.
In our society, going to a psychiatrist is a major decision, because “it’s for lunatics only”, you surely know the story….
So it took me some time to go there, but I did. And I remember the day when I called my doctor to make an appointment with her.
She’s a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and I really have had luck with her.
I go there for one and a half years now and I’ve learned to control my Asthma after four or five months, which was fascinating to me. I go there to change the points that make me ill.
I notice that this thing has changed my life a lot. I changed the way how I treat me and my friends. I think it was the best decision in my hole life to go there!
Try it out
Tom
khadraworld said,
March 21, 2007 @ 7:47 pm
Hello Shastasheen,
At first you sound someone from the total different spectrum of my life…I never wanted to be number one, I am not really an over achiever, but I always expected of myself to achieve something…My parents both came from hardship and made something of themselves and they have always been an example for me…So as you probably are aware of our cultures, if a parent is successful the children are expected to or treated in certain manner according to their parental pedigree…To make the long story short, it was in college first when I began to experience that overwhelming sense of things happening around my life and it wasn’t easy communicate that to my family because it wasn’t something part of their growing up experience, and my sister at the time was young…I had to do a lot of digging and making some self realization in order for me to move on with my life and head in the direction I wish for…I think my desire for seeing psychiatrist now is raising again for the need of someone objective and maybe little distant of my life to help me change my life, as you have changed yours…And you are right, i only think it would make me better therefore make everything I associate with or touch better in many ways…I am definitely going with this, and i will post my first experience as soon as i get my oppointment scheduled…Again thank you for sharing a bit of your life with me on my blog…bee bye, Khadra
wasmaniac said,
March 22, 2007 @ 9:57 am
I think psychiatrist are not special…they are just have one quality that the majority of us dont have, they are good listeners. Also, they dont have another quality that most of us have, they are not judgemental. The combination of these amazing qualities is there secret.
Go ahead girl, talk to one and share the experience with us. I’ll be waiting…
shafi said,
March 22, 2007 @ 4:24 pm
Psychiatrists have the great qualities Wasmaniac mentioned. It a a nature of us humans to concentrate on yourselves and become so self-absorbed that we forget what others are upto or what goes around us. These Psychs have the quality that makes them go out of their skin and see thnigs from other people’s perspectives. they are very good with people and understand human nature and the way it works. So go ahead and talk to me Khadra, I am all ears…
khadraworld said,
March 23, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
Wasmaniac, you right about the secret of their desirability and definitely will share with you the experience…My appointment is set for the first week of april, I am anxious and exciting for this new experiment of mine…Stay tune for the re-cap
“So go ahead and talk to me Khadra, I am all ears” Well shafi you had the chance for me to talk and for you to listen on Thursday March 22, 2007 at 6:00 pm and instead you stood me up…Due to your action and my pet peeve toward people with no respect for others’ time, I can never pursue a communication utlizing your ears from here on…I am going to stick to professional help from now on…bee bye, Khadra
nahja said,
April 2, 2007 @ 2:18 am
I swear, I had the same thoughts several times. I only I am too lazy to actually make an appointment. or maybe I am afraid of what I may discover. j/k
Let us know how your first session goes
Nahja
khadraworld said,
April 4, 2007 @ 12:32 pm
I was nervous, really nervous…There I was sitting waiting for the counslor to come out and meet her for the first time…As I look at the look, checked the forum I had filled out, and thought to myself “what the heck am I doing here?”…And then there she was, I honesty didn’t notice much about her as she introduced herself and asked to whether she said my name correct or not, because yeah you guessed it i was nervous…As we walked toward her office I told her it was fine the way she pronouced my name and she was happy…We sat down in her office, which was dimely litted, and she began to inform about cases where confidentiality might be breached…Sine this was a personal counseling, I had the option of not having my information not shared with other counslors and such, which i was like “I am fine with that”…She was very soft spoken woman pretty much calmed me down…I was like “i am sorry i am nervous and I have no idea what i am expected to do here”…Needles to say that didn’t last too long and suddenly it was the end of our session…Of course I had scheduled another appointment for next week and I am definitely looking forward to it…You know i wasn’t scarred of what i would say during our session, and I didn’t believe she would give me answers that would settle me down, but nontheless I had a revelation after our session…It was incredible i mean it felt like suddenly the light went on and I could see things clearly after years…So for those of you who are considering talking to an counsler or therapist, go for it, it’s great opportunity to learn about yourself and who you are…I can’t wait to find out what i would learn next time….Till then, bee bye, Khadra
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