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Post by Gideon on Sept 27, 2006 4:02:52 GMT -5
Does your university have a counselor on staff that you can go to? There are counselling services at the university - it just seems to me like it would be hard to meet with one without it getting back to someone, somehow - if not my parents, then a teacher of mine at the univeristy, say, or other students. Although, I know you're right, Mac, a professional is obliged to keep anything I'd say to him private (unless, I'd imagine, it's something REALLY serious that they feel others ought to know.) The idea of seeing someone still makes me shiver a bit, though. I can't explain it, it's just a nervous feeling. If I wasn't so scared of things like this, I'd probably be better off for it.
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Post by HailStorm on Sept 27, 2006 9:38:17 GMT -5
Gideon, all university counceling will be confidential, really. They won't even reffer you to somebody else like a GP or psychologist without your permission. And chances are your uni will have something like Nightline - a university volunteer run phone service a bit like the Samaritans - confidential and annonymous if you want it to be. And then there's the samaritans. With things like that all you have to do is call - you don't have to drop in and see anybody face to face. You can if you want to, but if you don't want to, they'll just listen to you on the phone.
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Post by {88Keys} on Sept 27, 2006 11:02:07 GMT -5
I thought about that, too- there are probably lots of counseling hotlines you could call. Even if the idea of talking to a stranger makes you nervous, you need to put your health first. Facing fears is the only way to conquer them.
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Post by Mac on Sept 28, 2006 1:53:30 GMT -5
I saw a free school councelor once. Talked a bit. Helped me out. Friends, parents, never knew. Seriously, its that easy.
As for being nervous about meeting strangers, that's exactly something you should talk to the councelor about. I would also suggest you ask for a female councelor. It may be easier to talk to someone of the same sex.
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Post by rose1010 on Oct 14, 2006 8:15:14 GMT -5
You shouldn't look forward to dying but you shoudn't dread it either.
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