When should you see a Psychiatrist?

Answer 1

If you have any psychological problem that interferes with your daily life, then you should seek professional help. Behaviors that prevent you from living normally are considered a disorder. If you are having suicidal thoughts, seek immediate help.

Answer 2

If you have the ability to examine your own life and behavior, it is rather easy. You can ask yourself if you are preoccupied with anything or doing something to the point that it interferes with your life. If you are really scared of something that you cannot leave your house, you would know it. If you are to a point where you don't know if you can cope anymore, you would know it. You can ask yourself if you want to harm yourself or another, and if so, you can go get help. Or you can ask yourself about your grip on reality, or if you find yourself with baseless fears or making baseless accusations. You should also ask yourself how well you are sleeping and what is your relationship with food. If you cannot sleep, sleep all the time, refuse to eat, vomit what you eat, or refuse to stop eating, then you should seek help.

If you don't have the ability to examine your life and behavior, then others will tell you how odd your life is. They may be concerned about your safety and their own. They may notice that you are having paranoid delusions like someone is out to get you, and such a preoccupation in your mind interferes with your life. Patients like this are affected in the part of the brain that would tell them they are ill, so they would need outside intervention.

Then there are the people in the middle who know they are ill, but don't know the extent. Alcoholism is often like that. The person may know they are drinking a bit much, and that they probably should go to meetings or get help from a professional, but they figure it is not that bad. In that case, your friends would be a clue. If the type of people who pressured you to drink with them are telling you that you have a drinking problem, then you know something isn't right.

Answer 3

If you find that your behaviors, thoughts, and/or emotions are severely interfering with your day-to-day life, or if you are scared for your safety or the safety of those around you, then you may need to seek treatment.

Answer 4

If one feels liek their life is being significantly impaired and they are not living to their full potential, then seeing a psychiatrist could be a viable option. Also, if one wishes is discuss issues, or get an professional opinion, then they could think about seeing someone about it.