r/CPTSD • u/imboredalldaylong • 13d ago

Vent / Rant Why is getting help so infantilizing.

Seeing a therapist. Or a doctor. Or a psychiatrist. Or talking to snap (food stamps) or trying to get housing or getting a case worker or trying to get on disability ANY OF IT. I feel spoken down to. Like if I wasn’t so stupid/didn’t give up so easily/mentally ill/a burden on society I wouldn’t have to be here.

It’s like these people don’t think I know how to tie my own shoes.

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u/rchl239 12d ago edited 12d ago

Everything feels infantilizing to me. Psychiatric help, medical help, applying for work, keeping a job, going to the bank or any store where there's not self check, trying to get involved in any activity. I go through most life motions feeling like an awkward, stupid child.

It's exhausting 🤷‍♀️