Thanks for your input. It's good to hear both sides. I wish you all the best, and hope you find your way all the same.

Haha! That story is one hell of a wild ride. The only reason I believe it is because you mentioned Oregon.

I have no idea if I should be laughing at this, so I suppose I will. I'm sorry for your loss.

Honestly I've almost tried to find a therapist many times. Now I feel that it's really something I need right now.

I'm glad it worked out for you. Thanks for the encouragement!

Thank you for your suggestion and encouragement!

Somewhat related, Lemmy users really do seem friendly, and I am enjoying posting for once instead of just lurking!

Thank you for such a thorough response!

I'm glad you mentioned a couple different methods therapists might use. I didn't think of looking for traits that could be categorized, and I agree that I would probably also benefit more from CBT type therapy where I have some tool to implement daily.

I didn't think about religion as a factor. I am not religious and I do feel it would be unhelpful to add that into the discussion as it might complicate an already long list of thoughts I have. That is a great suggestion.

All these specifics are really helping me form a picture of what types of therapists may be available.

Thank you so much for your help!

I feel I am an open book, and happy to spill everything to someone I am relatively comfortable with. I am a huge over thinker and almost feel like I will have too much to share.

I will look into CBT with my insurance and see if it's available. It might be worth checking out at least.

Thanks for the encouragement! I am really good at evaluating myself and making changes, but I feel I am reaching a point where I need an outside opinion on what to do next.

Also, thanks for being specific about how many sessions it might take. That helps me wrap my mind around things.

Thanks for your help! I will try and trust my gut. I feel a little nervous that I may try to convince myself that it's helping even if I don't find the right therapist. But I will try to keep evaluating honestly.

Thanks for the book suggestions! I will check them out.

I forgot to mention that I also have sleep problems from PTSD. Sounds like we can relate on more than a couple things.

@bdonvr@thelemmy.club found the solution! Just needed to be installed from Chrome instead of Firefox.

Good idea, I didn't think about installing from another browser to change the native version's experience.

Edit: Installing it from Chrome worked! The icon actually shows the wefwef icon now too, which the Firefox app did not. Thank you!

I checked, and both the browser and local ones are the same version. Maybe future versions will fix the problem. Thanks for your help!