Q: How can I tell if I actually need medicine or some type of psychiatric care when symptoms are always described in such a general and vague way that makes everyone think they might have depression or anxiety or OCD or ADHD or whatever? And I'm afraid that if I go to a doctor and say 'I think I might have this thing' they'll just prescribe drugs that I might not need because they're pretty much in the pharmaceutical industry's pocket.
A: that's true, they will say that. if you want that then do it. if you don't want that then don't go. back in my day you could get things sorted out just by drawing birds. there was maybe a hundred birds you could draw, in different poses and positions. this was before they all started eating plastic