I have a very debilitating mental illness but I'm terrified of going to the doctor and getting a prescription for it (have a huge fear of people thinking I'm lying and judging me for it). And also I have been denied public health care such as therapy due to the system. How do I get over this and get the proper help?
Why do you care if they judge you
So what? You know you are not lying. I doibt the doctor will think you're lyig unless you're trying to get like xanax or something, but then he'll just test your diagnosis to find out what you need.
Then go to another doctor if he still thinks ur lying
>>17905307
How do you know you have the illness if you haven't been diagnosed by a doctor? And if you have been diagnosed, why hasn't the medication been prescribed?
This sounds a little too much like "I just know I have something wrong even though doctors say I haven't and I won't be satisfied until I get some medicine"
>>17905307
wtf
is mental illness the new troill meme ?
last 2 weeks about 50 threads on this crap
>>17905841
He's probably borderline considering he's worried people will assume he's lying.
>>17905841
Not OP, but I have some military-grade Asperger's that was a mystery to absolutely no one before my official diagnosis. Sometimes you just know things about your own brain. Sometimes your motive and patterning is hidden from your own knowledge because of how it pans out. It's a mess.
>>17905307
Could you tell us strangers about yourself, OP? I have a lot of experience with therapists and would like to help you. I also have a list of good names to check out if you're in the Dallas area...