u/Batetrick_Patman

Are there any therapists who take Molina? Ideally someone with extended hours as I don’t get pto so taking off work isn’t exactly an option for me. I’ve tried psychology today only to get dead ends or find out they don’t actually take Molina. I’ve tried Molinas website but all they list are elder care or addiction care. Psychiatric care, got bought out by equity and no longer take Molina or they’re “faith based”. Is there anyone at all who actually takes Molina Marketplace?

I’m 36 and I’ve struggled my entire life with rejection sensitive dysphoria. I have adhd and evidently it’s a common thing for people with adhd. Basically in short my brain treats rejection as a fight or flight response and I run away from it. It can be something as small as call me later or not answering a phone call and I’ll go straight into a flight response. It impacts me in so many ways. I feel unqualified at work. In times past I’d not apply for promotions because I felt like I couldn’t do it. I even got further education once and a bootcamp certificate but my rejection sensitive dysphoria made it so I ended up self sabotaging it. It destroys my relationships too. When someone gets upset with me I overthink it. I avoid new people, jobs, etc because of it. The fear and shame of rejection is so strong that it paralyzes me. I’d like to get over this but I’m struggling so much with it. I don’t get mad at the person when I get rejected I just think I must be a terrible or awful person who made so huge mistake and get a flight response.

I’m 36 and I’ve struggled my entire life with rejection sensitive dysphoria. I have adhd and evidently it’s a common thing for people with adhd. Basically in short my brain treats rejection as a fight or flight response and I run away from it. It can be something as small as call me later or not answering a phone call and I’ll go straight into a flight response. It impacts me in so many ways. I feel unqualified at work. In times past I’d not apply for promotions because I felt like I couldn’t do it. I even got further education once and a bootcamp certificate but my rejection sensitive dysphoria made it so I ended up self sabotaging it. It destroys my relationships too. I haven’t had a date in years because I’m terrified of the intial approach. Even online dating. Instead I just assume I’ll be rejected for being bald. Before that it was for not making enough money. When someone gets upset with me I overthink it. I avoid new people, jobs, etc because of it. The fear and shame of rejection is so strong that it paralyzes me. I’d like to get over this but I’m struggling so much with it. I don’t get mad at the person when I get rejected I just think I must be a terrible or awful person who made so huge mistake and get a flight response.

Has anyone else noticed how dismissive people are towards worrying about going bald. It’s always “shave it quit crying and love it if you don’t you’re a shit person”. Like it ignores how traumatic it is to lose control over how you look.

I’ve been going bald for multiple years now and the grief and self hatred of it has taken over my life. All I can think about is my hair and how much I hate how I look 24/7. I use minoxidil and it hasn’t stopped it. I tried finasteride but felt weird 5 days into it and stopped out of fear of developing PFS. It doesn’t matter how hard I work in the gym how well I dress the first thing I see in the mirror is bald. I haven’t been on a date in years because I can’t get the confidence to talk to women because I’m bald and I’ve deleted all my online dating profiles. And it’s not just dating. I feel less confident in everything. I hate how I have no control over how I look. Some say to “embrace it”… how can you embrace something you hate? Just how? I don’t do the shave thing because I fucking hate shaving and I have super sensitive skin so I cut myself constantly that’s why I grow a beard. I’m just so sick of this consuming my thoughts and it is a paralyzing fear when talking to anyone. That they’re going to stare and laugh at me for being bald.