I know this post is going to be 'moderated', but I really don't care.

That's true - what the *hell* I've been doing for the last 12 months.
What he thinks he was doing for these 12 months???
But I certainly don't value his clinical opinion. And I don't care what he thinks about my future. He obviously doesn't think I can ever reach my goals, but why should I listen to him? His opinion doesn't matter to me.

Oh, and to top all of this off, my father has yet again forgotten who I am. Yay!

@Former-Member I have read over your most recent posts and it sounds like there is a case of the "ill-fated psychiatrist who tries to help but ends up making it worse for their patient"
Sadly this is not listed in the DSM lol. But I hear what you are saying.
My experience with psychologists has been rather similar (not so much psychiatrists as I only saw one and still do).
There comes a time where we understand the way the mental health system works and we realise what we need to do in order to get better. If this means moving on from one therapist or specialist to another then that's good. In the end it is us and us alone that lives with it on daily basis, so it only makes logical sense to make these choices for ourselves. In some cases this can be negative, but I don't think it is in your case. You're not an idiot and you are capable of making that choice. Sometimes psychiatrists can overdo it (As can psychologists) in their attempts to 'help' patients. Psychiatrists (seeing as they are medical professionals) may over medicalise situations - my own psychiatrist pointed that out to me recently. Some psychologists (Seeing as they are more like therapists as opposed to doctors) can overdo it on some aspects of therapy. Only by seeing my current psychologist have I realised that I basically have childhood trauma that for the most part has been internalised and also still holds me back. That was an overwhelmingly positive thing to work on why my psych. Literally everyone else went over and over the same rubbish with me. Some even told me that I had "get a grip or anxiety would ruin my life". I think that was her trying be tough love which I just laughed at because that's what I had been doing all along.
See the trend? sometimes we DO know what is better for us, even if we struggle on a daily basis with mental illness.
The mind is a crazy old thing @Former-Member and you my friend are on a good course. 3 months is a good time period to work it out. I've done that before and it worked wonders lol.
Take care please 🙂

- Hamsolo01

To be honest, I'm just about to send it.

Hi @Former-Member .....

In my understanding as soon as you use swearing (considered abusive language) in your letter the reader can stop reading it.

I have read through what you have written with the swearing removed, and it is just as powerful a statement without the swearing.

Can I suggest that you keep this copy for yourself, because that’s the way you wrote it, and that’s the way you want to send it, then copy and paste it into the email with the swearing removed, to make sure he does read it.

I also agree with @TheVorticon that it is worth calming down before pressing the Send button, because you can’t I send it if you see things a bit differently once you have sent it.

Have you considered how you might feel if you were to go into your next appointment and the therapist did give you his diagnosis together with answering questions etc ?

Is it worth seeing him for this next appointment with this letter in an envelope ready to give him at the end of the appointment as you walk out if you are not happy with how it goes ? You could even tell him that you want him to do all the talking this time.

What do you think ?