Q: EXTREME JEALOUSY!! i need help with my jealousy! it's ruining my life, im still very young and i just dotn know what to do about it, can someone please help? :(
Hi, there. This sounds like a big problem for you and I'm sure it's making you miserable. I know you said you've tried counseling, but I think you need to try it again. You may not have worked with the right ones, or kept at it long enough. Did you see a psychologist? You need a mental health professional, not just the school counselor, if that's who you saw before. Changing our behavior takes time and a couple of sessions with a lay counselor aren't going to help that much. I'm guessing that it's going to be difficult to maintain this relationship if you can't change your thinking and beliefs, but with help, I think you can do it. Is there someone you can talk to about finding the right help? Let us know. Thanks for your question.
I'm glad you're dad has offered to help you. Do you live in the U.S.? If you do, you could start by contacting your county's human services dept. or mental health clinic. They normally have Ph.D. psychologists, psychiatrists and Masters level psychologists. Usually, these charge on a sliding fee scale so if you don't have insurance, you only have to pay a certain amount, based on your income. There might even be therapy groups that would be appropriate for you. If you don't have any luck, you could try looking online in your area. Where I live, therapy sessions run about $125 an hour, but insurance pays for most of it depending on your plan. I know the fees vary widely, depending on where you are, but some will negotiate fees with you, too, so even if you think it's too expensive, it doesn't hurt to ask.
If you still have trouble finding someone, let us know and maybe we can do some further checking. The good thing is that you are recognizing that you need some help with this and are motivated to change, which definitely speaks to your maturity level. Good luck with this and let us know what happens!
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I'm turning 18 this year and have been at a full-time job for about a year, saying this i am very mature for my age, everyone that knows me says this. Also it was not a school counselor, i went to the one at the gp... but another problem is the cost and times availiable. My dad offered to help me because i eventually told him everyting and he said he had never seen anything like it before.
By researching it i found there is others with this problem. though i have never seen anything writen on how they eventually got through it, or if they ever did!
Can i ask, where could i contact a mental health professional? And what do they charge for their services?
i would like to try whatever i can because i know how unrealistic i am being :(.
thank you for your time.
mel