Mental Health: will she realise how serious my case is?

will she realise how serious my case is?the nurse in a child and adolescent mental health centre told me to write a journal for the two weeks before my next appointment and i don't think she thinks im as serious as i really am. now however my notes in the journal are what id call quite serious. they are things like about my self harm and how it feels and that i like bleeding. my moods are very serious when they change as they do rapidly and more than once the journal has been scribbled all over because im really mad. i want to scream and break things and kill myself and i talk about it alot. i go on about how pathetic i am in every way and i haven't been out of the house alot cause i have serious social fear and paranoia at the minute. any advice or ideas? thank you :)
im 15 by the way :)

Answer by NO SELF ESTEEM LEFT.
If she won't help u, tell your family dr. that u r not happy with her and u want to see someone else. Because these people have got to take u seriously.

Answer by Gen
hopefully she will realize that you need help and support. i know how it feels because i too am a cutter and have been suicidal at points. im here for you, theres a support site that i use that could help you, http://selfhelp.yuku.com it has a forum on cutting. i hope you let me help you.

Answer by SERENITI
The reason you were asked to keep a journal is because the doctor wants to read the real in depth thoughts you are having....it will greatly help a diagnosis of how to help you in the future and there IS help available....

I have lived with depression and anxiety all my life and I learned later in life I am 43 that it is something that I inherited. It is not abnormal to inherit these types of things. Not to be a doctor but you sound like you need a 'mood stabilizer' you can read about them --- and possibly something for anxiety that would help you greatly. I was suicidal until I started Lamictal - a mood stabilizer - and since then I have not had one thought of it. It stabilizes your mental capacity in your mood disorder to where you are level instead of up and down constantly. I do have my good as well as my bad days but it has changed my life for the good in so many ways.

You didn't say how old you are but I also know the life of self harm although I have not done it I totally understand - why - people do it for the release of the pain they are feeling. You like bleeding because your mind feels that it washes away the pain that you are experiencing on the inside although it's harmful in your every day life that is why you feel that way....

PLEASE keep that journal and use the one you are currently using and take it into the nurse because that is the only way you can receive the help you need to get through this --- and you -- although you don't right now -- you CAN -- get through this. It's going to be a learning experience on how to manage things in your life but you will be able to put things together to help yourself and with a doctors care it will help you greatly because they can keep an eye on how things are going for you and how to change things to help you....

-- I hope this helps....

Answer by Stephen G
There is no way to know how she will react to your journal. The most important thing is to be as honest as you can about your thoughts in the journal. That will allow the nurse to be able to direct you to the correct mental counseling professional based on your diagnosis.

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