Phoenixx
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What's this? My first thread? Only 2000+ posts later. 
(Don't make fun of me )
Anyway, I'm just wondering, does counselling help at all? And what am I to expect? I know it's not a cure for anything, but I just want as much help as I can at this point. That is, if it does help.
The reason why I ask is, I've really been considering making myself an appointment. College... hasn't been good for me. At all. I thought I'd be at least a little happy by now, but it seems like I've just been stuck in the same awful moods for 4 weeks now, with constant anxiety and fear. I feel awful, I can't think straight, I can't even focus in class and I find myself falling asleep, very rarely do I even get enough sleep, or even eat for that matter (but that's a whole different cause >.>), and my roommate certainly doesn't help matters any. I've seriously been considering dropping after this semester (which ends in Dec.) and just moving to online classes.
I do know that with this counselor, if he feels you need it, he'll recommend a therapist and set you up with an appointment. But that's the thing. If he does recommend a therapist, I don't even have the money to pay for one, and I have no idea if my health insurance even covers it. I certainly don't want to ask my parents about it or tell them anything right off, since they don't know a thing about my anxiety. I'd rather just keep this all private still, until I somehow work up the courage to tell them.
I guess what I'm afraid of is that this counselor is just going to listen to me ramble, maybe (or maybe not) recommend a therapist I can't use, and then not bother helping from there.
I just feel so lost. I'm stuck. And I don't really know what to do...
(Don't make fun of me )Anyway, I'm just wondering, does counselling help at all? And what am I to expect? I know it's not a cure for anything, but I just want as much help as I can at this point. That is, if it does help.
The reason why I ask is, I've really been considering making myself an appointment. College... hasn't been good for me. At all. I thought I'd be at least a little happy by now, but it seems like I've just been stuck in the same awful moods for 4 weeks now, with constant anxiety and fear. I feel awful, I can't think straight, I can't even focus in class and I find myself falling asleep, very rarely do I even get enough sleep, or even eat for that matter (but that's a whole different cause >.>), and my roommate certainly doesn't help matters any. I've seriously been considering dropping after this semester (which ends in Dec.) and just moving to online classes.
I do know that with this counselor, if he feels you need it, he'll recommend a therapist and set you up with an appointment. But that's the thing. If he does recommend a therapist, I don't even have the money to pay for one, and I have no idea if my health insurance even covers it. I certainly don't want to ask my parents about it or tell them anything right off, since they don't know a thing about my anxiety. I'd rather just keep this all private still, until I somehow work up the courage to tell them.
I guess what I'm afraid of is that this counselor is just going to listen to me ramble, maybe (or maybe not) recommend a therapist I can't use, and then not bother helping from there.
I just feel so lost. I'm stuck. And I don't really know what to do...
