made some posts yesterday about the state of my mental health, Im seeing a psychiatrist soon for the first time and I have major social anxiety and I’m not sure how I should go about this or what I should be expecting from this appointment. I understand that a psych and a therapist are two different things, I want to know if it’s acceptable for me to go in depth with what’s been going on like I would with my therapist to a psych? I don’t plan on giving this doc my life story but in my situation some context and explaining would probably be best to understand where I’m coming from I think. i think my situation is really strange and the progression of time and how it relates to my mental shit is really weird and rare and I just feel like it’s really hard to follow and I don’t want to seem like I’m lying or anything. Do I just list off all the symptoms I’ve been experiencing, or do I go on with the “it all started when I was 8-“ shtick ? I don’t want to waste anybodies time but I feel like if I just go in emotionlessly with a checklist of symptoms and then tack on “also I want to kill myself” at the end is kind of awkward. Is that even how a psych visit is supposed to go? I know I’m absolutely overthinking this because my SA is debilitating and I have really bad anxiety pangs in my stomach just thinking about going, but I really want to know what I should be expecting when I go to that appointment and what the proper etiquette is.