Is anyone else just blown away at the price of therapy? It’s like... £/$250-300 per hour!? And upwards from that! No wonder people don’t reach out for help, because as a student whose from a less financially stable family, I just can’t afford that. I’m not attacking the therapists/psychologists, but there’s something sinister about the pricing. I feel like all I ever hear in the media is “reach out for help”, yet when you reach, 100’s are being snatched out of the same hand. It’s just sad. This isn’t directly related to money, but I was reading an article about a girl who had been referred to the hospital from her school counsellor because she was conveying that she was in a very low place, and I’m assuming explaining a suicidal ideation. She went to the hospital and waited 8 HOURS. 8. After the 8 hours, she had a 15 minute conversation with a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with depression & anxiety and sent her on her way. She was given no further advice aside from her diagnosis, and was told by the psychiatrist that her and her father should look for therapies in their area. 1 week later, this poor girl took her own life. A week. I don’t think any of the people who were directly involved in the lead up to the girls suicide should be berated and ostracised, but the system that they work within should. If that isn’t a reflection of the state of mental health support, I don’t know what is. These sorts of occurrences need to stop, and there should be ways in which individuals can get ample support when they don’t have the finances to go privately. Being less economically advantaged means that individuals who are struggling have to receive below the bar support. It just saddens me. For those of you out there who don’t have the means to receive the support you need, know that you are seen and heard. You’re not alone.

Well, I’d love to hear it!

Thank you for letting me know about this! I’ll look into the both of them :)

@Bella Good luck with ur recovery bella..🌹

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Wow, there you go. I understand it isn’t as easy as ‘bring the price down’, but at the same time, there has to be some sort of development, because as you say, free therapy tends to be poor - which, what can you expect really. I just think that mental health support should be seen as a real medical issue, because a lot of the time, it basically is.

@Bella Even other medical issues cost a crap ton in my opinion. But yea it needs to be made so all people can have access! It’s so unfair ! Luckily NOCD has tons of YouTube videos that help a lot too

@Justmesadly Reffer the utube channel Aligreymond.

@Justmesadly Yeah, I’m from the UK so I don’t really have to deal with that issue, but I have relatives in the US and it just blows me away the prices you pay. My cousin was jumping on the trampoline the other day and her friend pushed her, and she really hurt her back - they called an ambulance because my uncle is very overprotective and probably freaked out in the moment. Turns out it was a pulled muscle, but they had to pay $2,000... like wtf? I think it’s just a shame - but with mental health, it’s even worse. Definitely is here in the UK.

@Aeegon I really like Ali Greymond but sometimes she gives me red flags by saying things like ocd can be cured. Its a disorder, I dont see how there's a cure. Managed very well and normal life is possible but cure? At the moment its not really there. In the future maybe

@Artme I personally know 2-3 people who got recovered from OCD..thoughts might come, but without anxiety and intrusivness..Also youtubers Ali greymond,Robert bray and many other have recovered from this disorder

@Aeegon The thing is we dunno what causes ocd. So my theory is some of it may have a cure? Like learned behaviours or caused by a disease(pandas maybe?) Until there's much much more research done, we can push ourselves as close to a cure as possible and prevent relapses. That's a fair and reasonable goal imo. If you get cured great but otherwise you'll just set yourself up for disappointment

@Artme I agree..no expectations.jst do what we can and that is ERP⚡

@Artme But, you have to take into account that there isn’t technically a cure for many mental illnesses. Anxiety and depression are chronic too, but you can adapt and recover and get to a point where you feel good, but you’ll still have a natural tendency to become anxious and/or depressed. It’s the same with OCD. Science shows that individuals with OCD have a hyperactive amygdala, and there are a variety of different potential causes, I’m not sure that ‘disease’ is among the list. Hereditary components too, but I’m droning on here. There is definitely hope for people with OCD.

@Bella Yeah believe me I know! I had to ride in an albumance 5 miles and it was like 2,000 then I also had X-rays at the hospital and had to stay for the day and it was like 10,000 in the end! And yes mental health is worse it’s like 100-300 depending on the specialist

@Artme She doesn’t mean that it gone. She means life can continue to be lived normally.

@Artme We do know what causes it. Chemical imbalances and there’s an issue with the form of the frontal lobe.

@Justmesadly this is a model that a lot of evidence supports but we are far far from understanding the brain so to say this is the cause of ocd would be misleading I think. I'm sure all our current understanding of mental illnesses will be obsolete in a few decades, and history clearly shows this.

@woeisme to each their own, girl

I’m glad you were able to finally get to a good psychiatrist. And wow, I can’t even comprehend how bad the mental health system must be for some third world countries, but I’m glad you have the means to get help, because everyone deserves it! I’m from the UK, but from what I hear from the US, it’s not the best place if you’re poor.

@Bella thank you so much for posting this, btw. what really started my ocd in the first place was a horrible experience with a psychiatrist, she sat with me for 30 minutes and just...told me I might develop schizophrenia, no explanations given. it never made sense to me but if she said I'm gonna develop it, then I thought it must be true. the concept of a bad psychiatrist didn't exist in my head then, I didn't know you could be mistreated by one I guess, that was 2 years ago. till now I spend almost every minute of my waking life obsessing about the disease but luckily I have a psychiatrist that understands me, hopefully I will recover :/

@woeisme U can 👍🌹🌹

Yeah, I can understand that. Money differs across the world. What could be expensive in numbers for me, may be nothing in like... China, etc. So I believe you when you say it’s still expensive! I’m so sorry that you’re having to sacrifice that much just to get better. And you’re right, therapy is definitely not a one time thing. And the money is definitely a deterrent when people are already apprehensive about therapy. Just wish things were different :(

I understand! In my country a therapy session is literally like $20, which sounds very hilariously cheap compared to what I see in richer countries, but it's all relative, $20 a week for therapy is a lotta money here

That's so unfortunate

@Aeegon Ya and unfortunately the price of therapy sessions is not fair

That’s horrible! I can’t imagine

@Justmesadly Ya, worst region for living 😂