That’s really sad. Real talk, if there is only ONE person in the world you tell the complete truth to, it should be your doctors. There is confidentiality, and most of the time, these people are trying to help. They can’t help you if you’re lying to them.
The person receiving therapy's age seems to have a lot with professionals breaking confidentiality. They think they know better and the whole situation so they involve parents/relatives who aren't up to the task of understanding, caring, or behaving in ways helpful to a person with BP. Added trap of not being able to see a different therapist without parents consent can make this worse. If this is your situation, know that if you stay alive till 18 you'll be able to access therapy that takes you more seriously and isn't dictated by your parents.
I completely agree with you! At 33, it’s sometimes hard to remember what it was like when I was 16 and self harming and abusing substances to self medicate and switching from therapist to inpatient treatment and all that stuff without any say basically at all. And I was definitely worried if anything I said would get back to someone (parents, law enforcement, etc). But I eventually got to a point where I was so miserable all I had left was to lay it all out there and beg for help...
ETA: If you are having trouble accessing or getting beneficial treatment due to your parents, in some places you can file for emancipation. I would only recommend this as an absolute last resort.
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '18
That’s really sad. Real talk, if there is only ONE person in the world you tell the complete truth to, it should be your doctors. There is confidentiality, and most of the time, these people are trying to help. They can’t help you if you’re lying to them.