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Visit a psychiatrist or psychologist?
I am not able to control my impulsive thoughts. Many times I decide to do my task, after doing for sometime I lose interest and Faith on them. This happened many times with me and I had to start it again and again. Please help shell I visit to a psychiatrist or psychologist. Or this is normal, no consultation is needed.
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I believe you should discuss your concerns in detail with a mental health professional to gain an insight about nature of problem and ways to overcome it through psychotheraputic techniques
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Counseling would help. To get better understanding we need to discuss the issues. I am an online counselor. You can get in touch with me through Practo. Happy to help ! Do visit my Facebook page and my website mentioned on it.
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Dr. Era S. Dutta
Psychiatrist
12 yrs exp
Kolkata
Hello
A psychiatrist is a doctor who after finishing MBBS for five and a half years specialises in treating, diagnosing and overcoming mental health conditions by studying for another 3 years or more. They are usually MD,DNB or DPM.
They help you overcome the problem with medication and therapy or only therapy too. Each case being different has different requirements.
A psychologist is a person who usually has masters or phd in psychology and can help you too. They engage in counselling.
An ideal scenario would be to be screened by former and then come to conclusion as is done in the West. Also, it would be best to approach someone who has a team of psychiatrist and psychologist.
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Start somewhere. Approach any mental health professional.
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You can overcome this with the right guidance .
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Ms. Rajatha Sarkar
Psychologist
17 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi thanks for query, I understand your situation, the difficult of handling the thought process. There are few things that need to focus on, 1. Thoughts - this linking to 2. Emotions 3. Strengths or challenges which you're not aware off.
If these things are affecting your daily life, then you can visit psychologist for assessment and guidance, further require we will be assisting you to psychiatrist. Take care.
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Visit psychologist at the earliest.
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When there is some emotional distress, then there will be disturbance in the thought process.
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Mr. Arun Jacob
Clinical Psychologist
10 yrs exp
Bangalore
Needed a bit more understanding about the nature of thoughts anyways if you feel what you are expressing is causing you distress and you are not able to be fully functional as you used to be and the issue is disabling you all this warrants for a professional help I would suggest first meet a clinical psychologist who help you first of all understand the nature of your problem do the necessary assessment and help you with management. If needed will further refer to a psychiatrist.
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Meet a clinical psychologist at the earliest.
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