How do I apply/look for psychological testing?

Damn Scott congrats, although I'm unsure if you were calling me a drama queen or using it as a generalization. Gonna grin and bear it.

And I always appreciate a Christian who swears...it's so weird watching a really good action movie on one of the Hallmark/old people channels, and they won't even say 'hell'

My 83 year old grandfather swears up a storm some days...he's also going deaf and won't buy a hearing aid unless it's the one on TV sold by Lee Marvin...sigh. I've got the money, but no.

My 86 year old grandmother told me one day that she wasn't going to take my *****ing, and she'd beat my ass if I kept it up...this was about nine years ago. She chased me through the house with a wooden spoon, and I cracked my knuckles good when I stuck my hand back there to block it.

As to mash's statement, I said fully blamed because I had just started taking a higher dosage of Wellbutrin. Body probably had to work it through. I refuse to see a psychologist, because I hate being stared at, and they always make me feel like I should bawl and go all Freudian. So talk therapy is a no, I'll just quietly grin and bear the insanity. It's actually been better lately. I think if the antidepressant angers me, the relaxants probably knock me into a stupor enough to function and calm down. They also make me talk...or type a lot. Which is great, because I'm too quiet and self-conscious of my body language, since I can't correct it to look confident...damn posture.

Thanks for the help, guys. And frankly, Bibles are expensive too, they cost about $80 it seems. You'd think the proliferation of Christians would help flood the market with religious writings at cheap prices...besides that ever-smiling Joel Osteen, who I hope God has the grace to give a cavity or an abscessed tooth or something. He's so smug about who he is.

Granted, I dislike televangelists in general. However http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3MkK0rpxk0]Bobby Bare fell prey to them

Again, thank you all.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by kzm007

And frankly, Bibles are expensive too, they cost about $80 it seems.

They're 7 bucks at Borders, or you can steal one from any hotel room in the world. Don't let that slow you down.

[gvarsity]

Originally Posted by kzm007

I refuse to see a psychologist, because I hate being stared at, and they always make me feel like I should bawl and go all Freudian. So talk therapy is a no, I'll just quietly grin and bear the insanity.

Then you have been seeing the wrong psychologist. A psychologist should make you comfortable. I think the bawl and freudian thing is an expectation built up by representations of psychologists in movies and tv.

The experience should be personal to you and reflect who you are if you aren't a bawler or have parental issues that should not be the expectation of a session. Like any specialist you need to go through a couple until you find one that fits your needs.

2-3 sessions should be enough to tell whether someone can help you or not. Anything can happen in one and two will give you a better sense.

I'm not telling you should or shouldn't see a psychologist but since you are saying you are "bearing the insanity" it seems you are looking for some assistance and I wouldn't write of a psychologist because of one bad experience or expectations of a bad experience.

Best of luck with everything.
Cheers

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by kzm007

I refuse to see a psychologist, because I hate being stared at, and they always make me feel like I should bawl and go all Freudian. So talk therapy is a no

That's what a good psychologist or LCSW is supposed to do; the first step of overcoming a problem (once it's been recognized) is to confront it, painfullness be damned, and their job is to pinpoint the problem and make you face it down. Once you've overcome it, and you realize it's behind you, the pain of confronting it is nothing compared to the joy of not being controlled by it. If they're just taking your money and holding your hand, they're not doing their job.

"The truth will set you free...but it will really p*ss you off first!"