I'm wondering, if psychotherapy would improve my quality of life in any way...
Anyone got experiences to share?
I went briefly. If you're not willing to pay out money to get someone to see you more than once every month, or you're so scared of talking to people that you'd consider lying to the person in question (and are a good liar >_>), then I don't think it's really worth it in terms of... fixing stuff.
It all depends on what your problem is. For me, what I really needed to do was spend some time thinking about what was necessary and learn to tell people what I was feeling (because I used to pretty much not talk. Ever). I learned to do the latter by spending time on B12, though, and the former... well, oddly enough, most of my problems seem to have fixed themselves because I learned how to cook.
If it's apathy, I'd strongly recommend going out and trying a bunch of new things. Learn a new language, study some history, do whatever feels unnatural. Cook, sew, do cartwheels... and yeah, I know those are all "girly" things, but if girls can go take up facepunching and porn with little flak, it seems only fair to let you do some girl-things, too. Plus, if you can think of some sort of overarching goal (like my goal to no longer live in the US), you'll be helped out a lot. It helps even if you can figure out a list of things you don't want to do.
(Obviously, you aren't completely apathetic, because you know there's a problem with your apathy. You've got a good foothold already, doodabuddy)
I'd say... try to find out what's up with your parents. Talk to them, find out what the situation is. Of course, that's a very American sort of thing to do, so I don't know how well that will work. But open communication is generally helpful.
And then, more social contact should help the burnout. I'd almost suggest a penpal. Hell, I'd love to write someone outside of the US once every month.
Love. I was just thinking about coercing some people here to write to me.
For other things, I personally keep a fairly extensive journal, just to write about how things have been going lately, where I am, where I'd like to go. That's really helped, too, because it can actually help with the lack of social contact. For reference, I'm currently living in a house with some roommates who are pretty much never home, and basically don't talk to anyone but my mom every once in a while. So, I imagine we're in similar straits, but that journal has been really helping me keep from getting lonely.
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