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Originally Posted by Kahn
if someone close to you feels you have a problem that needs the attention of a professional, they must care about you a great deal if they are going to bother enough to tell you that. It might be prudent to show them you care enough about their opinion to take them seriously. At the very worst, you will waste a day in a painless situation that will at the very least, make her feel better that you tried.
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Exactly. And I agree with everyone else who has said that you strongly exhibit symptoms of some kind of depression, even just through your posts on this board... people who are in a healthy state of mind regarding their own self-esteem and self-image do not write the way that you do on this board, not even close. I believe you do need help. And if the person who is closest to you in your life also thinks you need help, I'd say you'd better get it fast.
Personally, I am not attracted to people who think they are too good for therapy, or are somehow above it. I have spent quite a bit of time seeing psychologists, and it got me through a lot of shit... if my significant other (long before he became my husband) had refused to go to therapy, that might have been the end. It's THAT important to me, that my significant other doesn't have a huge enough ego to think that he's too good to ask for professional help. I don't know if your girlfriend feels the same way, but if you ignore her request for a long enough time, she might end up feeling that way, too. Why take the chance? What's the risk in just trying it?
I'd love to see the tone of your posts on TFP change as a result of you going to therapy. I am quite sure that we would all notice the difference in you. Yes, it's that bad.