Josée-Anne advises others to talk to your doctor or psychiatrist, don't wait.
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Bien j’ai une amie qui est dans cette situation-là, puis je lui ai dit de parler à son médecin de famille, puis d’aller consulter. De ne pas attendre puis que… De ne pas avoir peur, un psychiatre c’est un médecin qui est là pour t’aider. Puis 9qu’en fait, si ça ne va pas, de consulter vraiment. Vraiment consulter, d’avoir un bon diagnostic, de se faire dire : « Écoute c’est ça que tu as, il n’y a rien de mieux. », parce que souvent on se sent impuissant, on ne se sent pas bien, on a peur. Puis quand on consulte bien on a l’avantage de se faire dire : « Écoute, il se passe ça. ». T’sais on se fait prendre en main, on se fait rassurer. On se fait… Fait que vraiment consulter, de ne pas attendre. Vraiment de pas attendre d’être à un point tel, de ne pas être capable de sortir de la maison, ou d’avoir peur de tout là. Non, c’est … Ça ne s’arrangera pas. Il ne faut pas se dire : « Ah! ce n’est pas grave! Ça va passer. ». C’est vraiment consulter qui est le mot magique”.
[Well, I have a friend who is in that situation, and I told her to talk to her family doctor and to go seek help. Not to wait, and… not to be afraid — a psychiatrist is a doctor who is there to help you. And actually, if things aren’t going well, really go seek help. Really seek help, get a proper diagnosis, have someone tell you: ‘Listen, this is what you have — and there’s nothing better than knowing that,’ because often you feel powerless, you don’t feel well, you’re scared. And when you seek help, you have the advantage of being told: ‘Listen, here’s what’s going on.’ You’re taken care of, you’re reassured. You’re… So really, seek help — don’t wait. Really, don’t wait until you’re at such a point that you can’t leave the house anymore, or that you’re afraid of everything. No, it’s… It’s not going to just fix itself. You can’t just tell yourself, ‘Oh, it’s nothing! It’ll pass.’ It’s really seeking help — that’s the magic word.] Translation from the original French.
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