Should I seek professional help?
Once again, we strongly encourage you to seek professional help if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms:
- Having Difficulty working or meeting daily responsibilities
- Unable to care for your child
- Increasing your use of alcohol or street drugs in order to cope
- Overusing prescription medications in order to cope
- You have been struggling with recovery for more than a month and things are getting worse instead of better
- Thinking about hurting yourself or someone else
- reduce your painful feelings about the disaster and improve your understanding of them
- reduce how often you think about the disaster
- help you see things in a new way
- improve your mood
- help you feel less alone and isolated
- help you find meaning in what has happened
- find someone to talk to when you find it difficult to talk to your friends and family
You can use your Seeking Professional Help Goal Sheet to list why you are interested in seeking professional help.
Click Here for your Seeking Professional Help Goal Sheet