What do you think of therapists?

Have you “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone “? It’s about a doctor and her clients and her the relationship with her own doctor. It’s a memoir. It’s enlightening. @kimmy159

They aren't neuro psychologists and most of them only do testing, no assistance. They are not trained in traumatic brain injury and most GP's are not either. Too easy to write off physical damage as psychological aberration, yet things like frustration intolerance is a direct result of brain damage. @kimmy159

@Spoiledbrat Never read/heared of it, but it sounds interesting ^^

@FlowersNButterflies the psychologists here in Belgium often don't do testing, just talking. I think it's different for psychiatrists they also do testing if therapy doesn't work. However, sometimes I believe it's something neurological too. I went to see a doctor on recommendation of someone who said she was the best but I had a very very very bad experience with that person that made me quit all sorts of medication and therapy (at least for now). If I should ever relapse, I might try again with other people because neither the therapist nor the doctor were a help to me then, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in the power of therapy. Just need to find the right people who understand you.

@Spoiledbrat Did you know doctors are known to be more mentally ill than the rest of us? More suicide, drug addictions. The State Medical Boards are acknowledging it in sections on "impaired physicians".

@FlowersNButterflies Aren't the most experienced people the best to guide others through it? 😁

Lot of work trying to find a good one. Another issue is that despite my strokes and traumatic brain injury, my IQ still tests superior. That seems intimidating to many, but it is just a fact to be worked with. @kimmy159

@FlowersNButterflies It's the search that makes it very tiring and the fact that you have to put in a lot of yourself and effort (opening up to someone about your deepest injuries / feelings doesn't come easy). A lot of people get tired of the search before they can find that right person (that was the case for me at least). Are you still trying to find the right therapy for you? If so, I hope you succeed! x

@kimmy159 I don't know. One was deposed at my car accident lawsuit and said a lot of provable lies. Just one example, under oath he said he couldn't understand why I resented going to physical therapy 3 times a week since he said I told him I was only a secretary for 13 years - which I never said because I owned and operated a group health insurance brokerage. My secretary and the gal who bought my business were also deposed!

He said many lies and they still follow me to this day.

Because my life is ending, I don't have time or energy to be jacked around. And it is hard to find one anyway as I am in Arkansas which is 49th in the nation for health care, only Mississippi is worse.

Also, Arkansas is #1 in the nation for low IQ, and 42nd in education, so here they don't even know how bad they are. Dunning-Krueger.