Can't go to therapy...is there any way I can learn the skills of therapy by myself? Will the skills of therapy even help me?

But you ARE. Your way of speaking to me is very condescending and belittling.

"Untherapized, unmedicated and crippled with OCD and severe anxiety, but hey, you're thin. How's *that life working for you?" Implying that my life is pathetic compared to yours, which it is not, BTW.

*"I suggest the first thing you help yourself on is anger issues. Yikes." You are consistently giving me the same unhelpful advice over and over again, no matter how many times I say "no thank you," and not respecting my decisions to not go on medication or go to therapy. I have told you multiple times to stop violating my boundaries and yet you keep violating them. Just because I happen to be mentally ill, doesnt mean that every time I get angry at someone it's because I have "anger issues" and my anger is unreasonable.

*"But there is some sort of psychological payoff to staying as miserable as you are, because if you really and truly wanted to get better, you would try anything. You wouldn't care about getting fat, FFS." This is very rude to tell me that I dont want to get better. If I didnt want to get better, then why the FUCK did I make this thread in the first place asking for SELF-HELP RESOURCES? Why the FUCK did I waste all this time today engaging in this pointless discussion with you people? Just because someone doesnt want to do it YOUR WAY, doesnt mean they dont want to do it at all. But you people are all railroading me into agreeing with YOUR WAY instead of respecting my wishes and trying to assist me in doing it MY WAY. Do you see how that is rude and a violation of my boundaries? Do you treat other people in your life this way?

"You think your mind is in even halfway decent shape *now?" Obviously implying that you dont think it is.

*"You like your present character OK?" Obviously implying that you think I do not have good character without medication.

Come on. Im not an idiot and you have obviously been making snide little comments at me this whole time.

"He will never listen to what anyone tries to tell him and can be verbally abusive when people disagree with him. She pretty much never admits when she's wrong ...she will counter anything she even interprets as criticism with screaming. [cough]" Now youre telling me Im like my mom and brother just because Im pissed at you for trolling me...yeahhhh THATS not condescending.

And BTW, when I raised many reasonable objections to why therapy is not feasible and why medication is dangerous, you DIDNT EVEN ADDRESS those concerns. You COMPLETELY IGNORED THEM and instead decided to start a line of questioning about my cognitive functioning and my character. So how am I supposed to even remotely respect your opinions when you dont engage me on a rational level, instead making snide little comments and telling me I am too mentally ill to see "the truth"?

I have wasted enough of today on this discussion, tbh. I am very disappointed that almost nobody bothered to actually answer the questions I asked. I am disappointed in myself for allowing you to waste so much of my time today.

/r/Advice Thread Parent