As I mentioned in my earlier entry, I had an appointment with a psychiatrist just over a week ago. I was assigned to Dr. Mukjarhea.
After an hour or so, the conclusions (as I remember them) are that not only do I have depression, but also anxiety. Honestly, the anxiety doesn’t sound right—I answered a questionnaire that seemed to overinflate that—but the depression does.
Last Thursday, after much urging by some friends and some missed walk-in attempts, I visited the counseling center at my school.
After waiting a short time (the counselor was in a meeting), we had about a 45 minute discussion, and the conclusions—as I remember them—are that not only am I depressed, but also very introverted. I’m not so sure about that one, but I figure she knows what she’s talking about. The image that sticks out most in my mind is sitting in the chair, hunched over, staring at the wall, and practically apologizing for hunching over and staring at the wall instead of sitting up straight and making eye contact.
Anyway, she referred me to the counseling center on the the main campus, in Tampa, to speak to a psychiatrist. It’s possible that I could end up with a prescription for an antidepressant, or something else. Of course, it’s also possible that I could end up being told to ’snap out of it’, like I’ve been told all my life.
My appointment at the counseling center is today at 2PM. I’ll post an update later.
If I heard a rumor about the boy that Janine dumped me for… that he dumped her because she wouldn’t put out… and I found this riotously funny… would that make me a bad person?