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Letter from mental health team not happy

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Naomi2007 · 13/12/2017 12:01

Hi, I finally plucked up the courage and self referred myself to healthy minds. I had an jntial assessment over the phone regarding my anxiety that I have suffered with for three years. I had a baby 9 months ago and finally decided I wanted to get healthy for him as my health anxiety was driving me crazy. I had put this off previously because I was so worried that they would think I couldn’t cope with my son which isn’t the case at all. Anyway had my assessment she was lovely and we decided that I would start a cbt course online. I received a “follow up” letter today confirming what we discussed and she has written in the letter “you described your main difficulties being anxiety and describing having irrational thoughts about your health and being able to look after your son” now call me sensitive and I don’t know if it’s just how she’s worded it but does this sound like she thinks I’ve said or she thinks I can’t look after my son? My concerned was my health and what would happen to my son if I wasn’t around. I’m not happy as this has been sent to my doctor and god knows who else. I’m thinking of ringing and conplaining and telling them to correct it. Any thoughts

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KeemaNaan · 13/12/2017 14:07

It says irrational thoughts. She’s confirming they’re irrational, not that she thinks you’re a bad Mum.

iveburntthetoast · 14/12/2017 20:42

I think you’re being oversensitive. It sounds as you’ve said. IME, MH professionals have their own way of wording things that can take a bit of getting used to.

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