I am 17 years old, I was with my girlfriend for 2.5 years. She died in a car accident. It happened during our argument, but on the day she died, we were supposed to get back together. Since then, I spend a lot of time at home, I close myself up, I can't do it in the morning. Should I go to a specialist, or is it enough to start using some specificity?
In such a dramatic and complicated situation, the specificity may drown out the problem, but it will not fix it. It's as if you want to give the mourners medication so they don't cry. For what? Man has natural mechanisms of coming out of mourning and coming to terms with death. However, if everything lasts more than six months, it is necessary to visit a psychologist to see where this condition comes from. Is it not a coincidence that several other threads, including guilt, intertwine with his death? The specialist should find out if you can cope on your own, or if you need support, therapy. Sometimes it is just a few visits "putting" everything in the right perspective. Deep psychotherapy is unnecessary, and neither is medication. Regards, Piotr Mosak
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Piotr Mosakeducational psychologist and business psychologist, business trainer, psychotherapist, university lecturer.
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