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Is seeing psychologist necessary for nervous breakdown?
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Should I see a psychologist?My mom wants to take me to see one because I had a breakdown in front of her. I have been feeling worthless and terrible for about 3 years now around the time I started cutting. There are times where everything is fine in my life, but I will suddenly start crying. It doesn't matter where I am, I can be in school and I will just feel my eyes begin to water and I feel so bad for no reason. Then there are other times when I cannot focus on anything, I don't care about school work or friends, I just feel why live in this monotonous world? On top of that, I have these little breakdowns about twice a month where I feel so horrible I can't stop crying and I feel so desperate for a release I start banging my head, pulling my hair, punching doors, and cutting just to let out this rush of emotions. I also tend to have violent thoughts of killing people and the many different ways how to. I mostly have nightmares where someone is trying to kill me. I just, I don't know, I don't want to go because what if all I'm feeling is normal and everyone feels like that, but they are really good at hiding it. What if I am just being a drama queen and they will say I am too sensetive or they will think I am really messed up and need to be sent away. What are your thoughts on this?
gpt
Hi,Thanks for writingYour concerns are genuine. However, since they are causing you distress, and impairing your well being, a psychiatrist or a qualified psychologist would be really helpful in this regard. This consultation would also help you understand yourself properly.Hope that helps,Dr A Rao