Eternal Eyes
Student
- Dec 3, 2023
- 121
I decided I had the money to pursue a good therapist, I honestly was willing to pay a lot for one if they actually understood and listened to me. I thought though, rather than waste time going through different ones, I'd find a specialist one. I could get one online, but prefer face to face, and I really need more social interaction.
The therapists I found locally were either online only or had ticked every specialization on the website. I understand this is generalizing, but an example was there were male therapists who had ticked every specialization, and one of the specializations included women's issues. I understand that "women's issues" is a broad term and some men are educated on gynecology and conditions like endometriosis along with other menstrual issues, but I doubt this person is if he's just a general therapist and not a qualified doctor. In short, every therapist seemingly ticks every specialization.
If you ever go online and type about how autism makes you feel suicidal, you get suggested therapy, but it seems most therapists don't understand autism! Even the national health service in the UK suggest getting therapy for it, but in most cases, they don't/won't provide it! They tried to send me to a charity named Mind, and they rejected me due to having "impulsive suicidal behaviors" and "black and white thinking" due to autism. They said I'd be too difficult to work with.
Whenever I have discussed my life with nurses and doctors in the past year, I get asked "if you're lonely, have you tried making friends", yes I have! But because I'm autistic I find it borderline impossible and then within the same chat, they'll say "do you have anyone you can talk to?".
It's not just me either, I have an autistic friend too. After years of avoiding therapists she decided she'd have one last try, she had about a one hour phone call, told her life story, all her traumas, and the therapist said basically she was "too much work for a general therapist"....and the therapist said she specialized in autism on her profile!
The thing is, autistic people have a huge suicide rate. Anyway, sorry for my moaning/rant. I just needed to get this off my chest.
The therapists I found locally were either online only or had ticked every specialization on the website. I understand this is generalizing, but an example was there were male therapists who had ticked every specialization, and one of the specializations included women's issues. I understand that "women's issues" is a broad term and some men are educated on gynecology and conditions like endometriosis along with other menstrual issues, but I doubt this person is if he's just a general therapist and not a qualified doctor. In short, every therapist seemingly ticks every specialization.
If you ever go online and type about how autism makes you feel suicidal, you get suggested therapy, but it seems most therapists don't understand autism! Even the national health service in the UK suggest getting therapy for it, but in most cases, they don't/won't provide it! They tried to send me to a charity named Mind, and they rejected me due to having "impulsive suicidal behaviors" and "black and white thinking" due to autism. They said I'd be too difficult to work with.
Whenever I have discussed my life with nurses and doctors in the past year, I get asked "if you're lonely, have you tried making friends", yes I have! But because I'm autistic I find it borderline impossible and then within the same chat, they'll say "do you have anyone you can talk to?".
It's not just me either, I have an autistic friend too. After years of avoiding therapists she decided she'd have one last try, she had about a one hour phone call, told her life story, all her traumas, and the therapist said basically she was "too much work for a general therapist"....and the therapist said she specialized in autism on her profile!
The thing is, autistic people have a huge suicide rate. Anyway, sorry for my moaning/rant. I just needed to get this off my chest.