Originally Posted by
Panicandpeace
I definitely am trying to stay away from Dr. Google!! I have just been going through a phase of assuming every time I've been outside that I've been bitten by a bat and have worried myself that it's because I'm traumatized from getting bitten a few weeks ago...
I went and saw a psychiatrist this week. He told me that he does more of medication assessment/management and not therapy. While I know medication can be helpful, I really think CBT is what is truly going to help me. I also didn't really like the doctor. He was nice, but I just don't think we connected, if that makes sense. I've heard from a few different people that with therapists, it's almost like dating, in that you need to find the right personality match. I'm going to keep looking.
The other day, I walked outside by a garbage bag my employer left outside and immediately had thoughts/"false memories" (I think) of a raccoon being by the garbage bag and biting me on my leg, but just barely enough to go through my jeans (thus no noticeable puncture wounds). Later that day, I dropped my keys on the street and I picked them up quickly and got in the car. I was parked on a busy street, so I was hurrying and not paying attention to my surroundings ar all. It wasn't until I was driving that I noticed my hand bleeding. When I got home and washed the blood off, it looked a bit like a bite mark to me... one very clear puncture looking mark and another smaller one right next to it. Of course, now I'm worried that a bat bit me and because I was rushing to get into the car I didn't notice. I was in an area with lots of trees and lots of leaves on the ground. I mean, the wound definitely hurt, which is why I noticed it while I was driving, so that makes me uneasy because, you know, we all reassure each other, if you get bitten you would know it, but I got this wound without immediately realizing it...
Sometimes, I worry that because of all the times my mind has supposedly "cried wolf" that either I, or family/friends won't take me seriously if I ever do get bitten.