potd: how many boyagers have actually gone to a psychologist/psychiatrist

[FAMY2]

all of boyah has anger issues

I don't think I do. So now that I am not a true member, no I haven't ever been.

[ncba93ivyase]

all of boyah has anger issues

i think it's funny how i'm among the bitchiest members here but i never really get angry at people in real life

i can't recall being angry at all in the past few months actually

sometimes frustrated but idk

[PLEASEHELP1991]

i hold in anger in an unhealthy way

[Geno]

I think I have but i dont remember

[6M69I69B9]

Well, this was interesting.  

I was going over a few old documents and I'm going over case studies of myself in high school and here are my composites for the WISC-IV.  All of these tests are from 2008 and it was administered by a school Psychologist.  I'm excluding intervals, percentiles, age and grade equivalents, b/c lazy af.  I'm laughing @ myself because I remember so much anxiety from all of the comprehension tests and I got low on them.  

Verbal Comprehension: 96
Perceptual Reasoning: 110
Working Memory: 91 (lol)
Processing Speed: 106
Full scale IQ: 102

Then for the subtests & composites for the WIAT-II.

Word Reading: 108
Reading Comprehension: 95
Pseudoword Decoding: 109
Numerical Operations: 108
Math Reasoning: 108
Spelling: 111
Written Expression: 96
Listening Comprehension: 90

Composites:
Reading: 101
Mathematics: 108
Written Language: 103

cool

Six years later I wonder how I'd do on the tests now.  And I think I can handle anxiety more.  I think I could do better.  And I definitely think I've become a way better writer than before.  Though, maybe my math has gotten worse since I barely practice it unless it's ASMD.  I usually do it in my head first, then use a calculator to check.  

Anyway, I went to a Social Worker, Psychologist, pssh a lot of faculty for stuff, weekly.  Went to a Psychiatrist every few months for prescriptions.  Most of the faculty did such a good job being there for me.  Those guys were the shit.  brb crying

[Geno]

I went to one a few months ago and they told me that I suffer from moderate depression and social anxiety. I started taking Zoloft and tried to stop thinking negative thoughts all the time and it's really helped me out. I still have it pretty bad, but not even remotely close to how bad it was before.

[LCK]

lol
my mother has been going to a psychiatrist since before i was born
when i was like 2-3 my mom got sent to some mental institutions off and on a couple times
after that we went to many family therapyish session things
my mother always got close to her doctors. our original family psychiatrist was named casey. i actually named my little stuffed bear after her. very nice
we saw the psych so often she is pretty much a family friend now

then once my dad died i started seeing my own psychiatrist and i think he really messed with my head. i know i was grieving and shit, but it just seemed like the questions he asked me got me to think in really weird ways. i dunno. i was diagnosed with clinical depression, which may or may not have been associated with the grieving process ?? and an underlying anger suppression problem something something. although i feel like i've overcome these for the most part, i still have my break downs. they make me very self concious still
but yea psychiatry has been a main staple in my family as long as i can remember