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Originally Posted by lurkette
Well, that's a start, but I had in mind something a little more...outgoing. Something that would get you engaged with the world and other people. Do you have any hobbies you're interested in? Causes you're all lit up about? Things you've wanted to do but have been putting off? I think you need something to take you out of your own head and focus your energy outward.
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I don't really care about anything that's more outgoing. I wasn't allowed out when I was younger, so I got used to relying on hobbies like videogames and TV shows, and now I don't want to give them up.
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Out of curiosity, what are your plans for after college? Are you moving to a different city? Do you have a job lined up? Grad school? What's your degree in, and what field are you going to get into? Where are your friends going?
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I don't know what I'm doing after college. I've kind of resigned myself to having to move back in with my parents at least long enough to learn how to drive. I have a double major in math and biology and I am interested in laboratory research, although I'm not even enthusiastic about that anymore. Some of my friends are staying in college for another year or two. As for the others, I have no idea what they are doing.
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Okay, I wouldn't let myself be swayed by the opinion of a woman who refuses to take medicine for a diagnosed physical condition. Does she want to have a heart attack? Geez!
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It's not so much allowing my opinion to be swayed as dreading how I'm going to approach the topic with her. If I do need medication, I'll only have two weeks here before I have to go back home. Once I'm home, I can imagine all sorts of grief that she'd give me. I am rather nervous because I don't think trying medication for the first time in an unmonitored situation with my mother constantly aggravating me is very healthy
I don't think she'd let me get a therapist, and I am not independent enough yet to get one on my own.
I agree with your analysis of where I am (category 2, as you called it). I'm a bit scared of how medication will affect me, and I'd rather get along without it if I can. In any case, maybe I'm just getting worked up over nothing. Perhaps the psychiatrist will say I don't need medication after all. As for exercise, I get bored too easily. Repetitive motions lose my interest too quickly. Plus I'm lazy and don't want to bother, even though I know I should. My good mood disappeared already. Now I'm back to feeling neutral.