Seeking Advice

[Balerhon]

Hey everyone :)

I'm finding it rather difficult to type a legable post here so please bare with me

I've been thinking about myself recently, why I act the way I do, feel the way I feel, etc. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the answer to a lot of my questions, or find myself going in circles in my mind. I've considered going to see my GP about 'it' but I'm not even sure what I'd say I'm looking to fix, that's one of the reasons why I created this account, to see if you guys can give me some advice on the topic before a possible GP visit!

The issue that always gets me thinking is my lack of motivation, whether that's related to uni work or general daily tasks (I'm okay at work). I think my lack of motivation stems from my low self esteem which is caused by... well, I don't know at this point . I've always been a shy person, but I've never really attempted to socialise with people when it wasn't entirely neccessary, now I seem to have gotten myself to a point where I can confidently say I need help as the last time I was in a voluntary social situation was about 3 months ago, and before that it may have been 1-2 years. During any social situation I struggle to speak and act comfortable, mainly because a lot of the time I'm not...

As you can see I really don't know what area I should address first. I'd like to speak to someone other than a GP, a psychotherapist maybe? Someone that knows what to ask me in order to find out more about the problems I seem to think I'm having. Is it all in my head? Am I just too lazy to make the effort? Am I suffering from some form of depression or mild social anxiety?

To be honest, I thought typing this out would make me feel better, if anything I'm more concerned as I can't seem to type what I mean... lol :/

If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer them, I'd prefer the QnA format - If not, thanks for reading this far!

[Zaf]

I'm not 100% sure but I think you'd have to go through a GP to see a psychotherapist, you could try some private counselling to see if that might help

Z xx

[Buttercup]

I think the same unless you paid privately.

Xxx

[Sweetpea]

I also think the same. Probably best to pay for private counselling. S x XX x

[Balerhon]

Hmmm, alright thanks for the tips!

I hadn't considered doing it privately, that's rather expensive though, isn't it?

[Zaf]

My private counselling was just over £30 for about 50 minutes, MIND do counselling and are pretty reasonable

To get anything on the NHS you'll need to go through your GP I'm fairly sure

Z x

[Buttercup]

I think Psychotherepy is expensive privately, counselling is cheaper though so that might be an option for you.

I see a psychiatrist on the NHS, for talk therepy with a psychologist I have to wait for about 1 year!

[Sweetpea]

MIND is who I did my counselling through. I personally found them to be great. Its £35 for 50 minutes but you can negotiate if you cannot afford that. You will not have to go through your Dr either to use their services. S x x x x