I'm going to see my GP for some advice and I'm wondering how to approach it with him. A couple of months ago I went to see a counsellor at uni because I was feeling unhappy and overwhelmed with things, causing me to cry a lot etc. I had 3 sessions with her, and found it really unhelpful because all she told me was that I have to reconnect with my values and use the summer uni break to think about how I want my life to be. Sounds fine, but she completely ignored the underlying problem, which through chatting with a Kids Help Line online counsellor I've discovered is partly that I have unrealistic expectations of myself, which means that no matter what I do, to my mind I always fail and tell myself how useless I am. I started hurting myself during these counselling sessions, but never told her about it; and now it's becoming more of a habit; even though I know I shouldn't do it, I enjoy cutting myself to make myself bleed (though it's really minor), even when I'm not feeling all that upset.
I'm not really sure what I want from the GP because I'm not even really sure what the problem is. I guess I was just dissatisfied with where I got with the counsellor. So what am I supposed to tell him? I don't even know if it's worth seeing him because I'm probably overreacting about it all anyway. And do I tell him that I've been hurting myself? It's only really minor so I doubt he'll think much of it anyway.
Thanks.
I'm not really sure what I want from the GP because I'm not even really sure what the problem is. I guess I was just dissatisfied with where I got with the counsellor. So what am I supposed to tell him? I don't even know if it's worth seeing him because I'm probably overreacting about it all anyway. And do I tell him that I've been hurting myself? It's only really minor so I doubt he'll think much of it anyway.
Thanks.