Internet self-diagnosis time!

[chess]

Having just snapped out of 'depression' into 'do-all-the-things-I-must-be-involved-in-everything', again, I kind of wonder whether it would be worth seeking some kind of actual psychological assessment. I quite like 'do-all-the-things-I-must-be-involved-in-everything' but it does have a tendency to make me into a ginormous flake when I suddenly swap back into 'depression' and drop everything on the floor. Also, the depression stage isn't so great.

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[bouteillebleu.livejournal.com]

One would hope, but from my recent experience, some of the things you can be referred to have initial letters that mention "please call us / fill in this form and post it to us by this date or we will assume that you're not interested". I haven't yet been dropped due to this, though I came quite close when someone mistyped my house number and so the first referral letter arrived after the initial appointment date...

I think places do this because their services are in quite high demand and if someone doesn't get in touch, there's always another person who could use that counselling / space on a course. But it doesn't interact well with the sorts of mental health fun that involves curling up into a ball and not interacting with the world, or having difficulty with phone calls, or similar.

(And, as you mention, this is past even the inital hurdle of "avoiding treatment is a symptom of depression".)