Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Back from the shrink's office...

Hi all,
So today I went to see my Psychiatrist that my doctor referred me to for the second time.
He asked me a bunch of questions, and I ended up telling him that I'd been really stressed out 'cause of an issue with a friend, so he asked what happened and I explained and started crying, which I TOTALLY didn't want to do in front of him and he barely responded.
He asked me some other questions, but then after about 20 minutes of talking he sent me out again! So he brought up all this painful stuff for me, and then made me another appointment for the first week in May and sent me on my way!
I didn't really know what to make of it, I cried and cried all the way home 'cause of all the upsetting stuff he'd mentioned and then not really responded to my upset about them.
Now I feel really strange, I don't understand what the purpose of seeing him was.. not when it's an hour's drive and paid parking!
I feel confused now, and upset and sad.
He told me that my friend accusing me of being obsessed with being sick made sense basically because people who have Colitis or whatever ARE generally obsessed with it.
That's not enough for me!! I don't want to be THAT GIRL who is obsessed with being sick. I need help so I am not obsessed!
I feel like I am not obsessed with being sick, but obsessed with getting better but it doesn't seem like anyone else sees the difference!
I just want to lead a NORMAL life where I'm not upset all the time and can just have a normal day with normal friends and normal problems - this SUCKS.
He told me I should join a support group, which I think is a good idea, because then there will be people who will understand - he says nobody in my life will ever understand what I am going through and I may as well just give up and swallow down what anyone has to say. He said to not get angry and upset because then I will flare up my stomach, but how can I not get upset?
Bah, I feel so overly emotional and gross now, I just want to crawl into bed.
Hope everyone else's Friday is going better than mine!

--Steph

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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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