How can I ask my parents about therapy?
Hello 🙋♀️,
I would like to go to therapy, but I don't know how to tell my parents.
We don't really talk about emotions in my family, not because we hide or suppress them, but simply because there's nothing to talk about. My mom sometimes asks me how I'm doing, and I always answer "fine," but nothing more (it doesn't bother me).
I don't want my mother to worry too much, because I know that my siblings and I mean a lot to her (my father is important to her too, but it's a matter of principle).
I used to have a mild form of trichotillomania (obsessive-compulsive disorder that involves pulling out one's hair) and asked my mother if I could get cognitive behavioral therapy.
She then said that we should try something else first.
She said I should go to her whenever I felt like it. The only problem was that I got it at night in my rather creaky bunk bed, and it's just completely impractical to climb down in the middle of the night just to wake my mom and tell her I'm having it again. Besides, it would have messed up both of our sleep patterns.
Fortunately, this problem resolved itself, but my current one probably hasn't.
How do you actually know if you're "bad enough" to go to therapy? What if I'm taking a spot away from someone who has bigger problems? My problems aren't life-threatening, but others' might be.
Thanks in advance for all the answers!🌦️✨
LG
Coco💫
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If you are 15 years old, you can go to a psychotherapist alone.
Otherwise, your parents must be informed.
You take your back, your problems are very important and burdensome for you.
You should have a serious conversation, explaining that it is your firm will to work up your problems in a therapy. Without if and but, this is your fixed opinion, don’t let you get away from it.
The waiting times are significant, so call the health insurance company if you can get an emergency appointment to discuss the most important thing with the therapist, it can be that you will come into the therapy giant later.
Good luck and good for you.
Thanks, you too
Thanks for the ⭐, I am very happy to see you all the best.
It’s so sweet and sweet that you’re thinking of others about therapy places. I think you should just talk to your mom again, as you are now, and even if she asks you the next time you are, maybe not answer a lapidar good, but tell her you have something in your heart. She’ll listen to you. I don’t know if what you have is bad enough for a therapy. But you can also talk to your pediatrician (or pediatrician, because I just know how old you are) who know the right points of contact.
Everyone who thinks he needs therapy deserves therapy! There is no “bad enough”.
In addition, I would have gone into therapy early enough if the hospital marathon had saved me.Let’s help you, hopefully you won’t get into the situation.
If you are legally insured, you don’t have to ask your parents for therapy, but you can make yourself a therapy appointment.
You can find dates here:https://eterminservice.de/terminservice