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submitted 1 year ago by SheenTStars to c/mental_health

He's stressed but absolutely refuses to get help.

He said he had depression once when he was young and he called the Befrienders at that time, but what they ended up doing is asking him to donate to their church and to join christianity.

And recently he tried to talk to one of my older cousins who is a licensed psychiatrist, but she blamed his stress on his refusal to join their big family events that cost a lot of money (which is completely unrelated).

So now he doesn't believe in professional mental help.

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[-] xaladin 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's actually quite sad. I hope he would realise one day that those are situations where the ball was dropped and were utterly unprofessional. Maybe could sponsor him for a few sessions with a private psychotherapist and see how it goes. Or show him peoples' response on threads where they received actual help.

[-] SheenTStars 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe could sponsor him for a few sessions with a private psychotherapist

I really want to sponsor him with a private one one day when I can afford it. Right now I'm focusing on my own needs first.

[-] xaladin 1 points 1 year ago

Right on, self-care first. And definitely can see you do care about him too at the same time.

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