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I super love that turtle with the butterfly @Zoe7.
Yep, I totally agree with you that it simply shouldn't be this hard. Knowing that I found my awesome uni counsellor...and then lost her again when I graduated is SO crushing. Like you are saying re. your psychiatrist, I know I would be in a totally different space by now if I could have just kept working with (K). It is SO unfair.
I am seeing my GP today and I have managed to go through the ATAPS list and find nine possible matches. Part of the problem now is that I can't call anyone without my GP sussing it out first because there is a VERY good chance that I will lose my words on the phone and just start either screaming or making weird noises. I super wish everyone was as awesome as @Former-Member, @Former-Member and @Former-Member at navigating that. But alas they aren't. I figure if my GP susses the person out and gives them the heads-up about just how puddled my brain is right now, then if they are the right person, it will be ok for me to then call them.
I super wish I could find a good psychiatrist. Not that I particularly need a psychiatrist on a day-to-day basis, but it would be good to have one in my corner. I still can't really make sense of the psychiatrist refusing to see me because I'm "too complex." Nope, that is never ever going to make sense in my brain.
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