From time to time, you will need to deal with serious issues – be it stress at your work, family problems or devastating love life. While time can help at times to heal the wound, but you can actually ask for a little help from a therapist to help you get over your dark days faster. So what are the 4 signs that it’s time for you to go see one? Take a look.
• The coping skills you have are no longer effective – one of the many reasons to consult a therapist is when your coping skills are no longer that effective like they used to be, otherwise if your stress levels are really high then you might end up going into a crisis and this is when you need to go see them, without any delay.
• You’re looking for a safe place – therapy provides you with a way out for all of your issues so that you will no longer feel frustrated. You will instantly feel a lot safer and your issues will be put out in space and analyzed along with a plan to combat them in the best way possible.
• You’re self-medicating – self-medicating could be various things like abusing alcohol, drugs, overeating and so on. If you feel like you are turning to these things to make you feel a lot better then you will need to go to therapy and find what is the root cause of your problem.
• You have a constant bad feeling – after certain traumatic events, one often feels like there is impending doom and a constant bad feeling about everything that occurs. This is when you might need to actually ask for help. Seeking help will make you feel positive and better about everything in general.