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Wow. So yeah.... had a psych evaluation today because my case is up for review with disability and it left me questioning.
He was an older gentleman, stern in manner. He was not mean or anything but with a lot of the questions he asked me I felt that like I was only allowed to give very incomplete answers. Like when he asked me my mental conditions..... my first response was of course Bipolar 1 and then when I went to tell him about the PTSD and new diagnosis of Social Anxiety disorder, he just cut me off and moved on to the next question. HE began to ask about my anxiety issues that I am having lately and I started my answer with anxiety and difficulty with going outside of my house and I was cut off again! I did not get to fully answer about the angry explosions, or the fear of talking to new people, or any of the several other symptoms that I have had.
I just left feeling like he only knew like a quarter of what I go through on a daily basis. I am not sure what to do at the moment. Do I just let it go? Do I call my case worker and tell her that I felt the evaluation was too vague to be used? With the little information that he does have, I do not see how that could possibly be a proper evaluation for something like disability. I am not sure where to go from here.
I tried to even explain to him that I am in the after math of the exposure therapy that I have just been through and he just did not want to hear it apparently
He was an older gentleman, stern in manner. He was not mean or anything but with a lot of the questions he asked me I felt that like I was only allowed to give very incomplete answers. Like when he asked me my mental conditions..... my first response was of course Bipolar 1 and then when I went to tell him about the PTSD and new diagnosis of Social Anxiety disorder, he just cut me off and moved on to the next question. HE began to ask about my anxiety issues that I am having lately and I started my answer with anxiety and difficulty with going outside of my house and I was cut off again! I did not get to fully answer about the angry explosions, or the fear of talking to new people, or any of the several other symptoms that I have had.
I just left feeling like he only knew like a quarter of what I go through on a daily basis. I am not sure what to do at the moment. Do I just let it go? Do I call my case worker and tell her that I felt the evaluation was too vague to be used? With the little information that he does have, I do not see how that could possibly be a proper evaluation for something like disability. I am not sure where to go from here.
I tried to even explain to him that I am in the after math of the exposure therapy that I have just been through and he just did not want to hear it apparently
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
it's when they ask a million questions and put you under a microscope that there is cause for worry.
Which doesn't do much to soften that feeling of being shit on somebody's shoe. Sorry you have to feel whatever version of it you are feeling.
I would JUST let it go as best as I can.
Gentle support while you find what works for you, Pheonix.