Seeing Psychologists... (we need to address the post-Fin psychological trauma too)

General Discussion
#1

Do you believe your Fin experience affected your subconscious?

  • Yes. My world was turned upside-down traumatically.
  • I think so…
  • Not really…
  • No. It hasn’t affected me that deeply.

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Hi All,

Ok, so suffice it to say that there’s no doubt that my damage from Finasteride is not “all in my head.” However, I’m not naive enough to assume that such a traumatic experience can’t affect a person. After 3 years of losing many aspects of my masculinity, it’s not surprising to think that the trauma might affect me at a deeper, subconscious level.

I’m starting to feel more disconnected to people, both my family and amazingly sweet girlfriend. I’ve also started to clench my teeth at night to the point where I can’t eat hard foods anymore. My gums have receded because of this. Sleep clenching can be due to underlying subconscious stresses.

I’ve come to the conclusion that in addition to medical treatments, I also want to also seek psychological therapy. Just as solders from war need to have therapy to deal with trauma they experience, so do we. What we go through is nightmarish, rare, and in my opinion is as damaging psychologically (if not more so) than rape.

While I’m undergoing hormonal treatment, I want to flesh out the subconscious issues that my experience has created. I want to be as strong as I can be. Does anyone know psychologists in the MN area that would be particularly good at talking about sexual trauma/identity issues? I’m not speaking about identity in terms of sexual preference, but rather the rapid loss of masculinity. That’s a trauma to the psyche, soul and spirit that we as Fin guys should not overlook.

Mew, I really think we should have a forum topic on this. Finasteride not only harms us physically, but there are enormous psychological impacts that we should be encouraging men to dive into and fully understand.

I’m looking for psychologists now. If anyone knows the type of person I should be looking for, please let me know.

Thanks, and hang in there guys. I’m the guy in the “Hair Today” news video, btw. Don’t be afraid to seek out all forms of help, both physical and psychological. Your nightmare can also be a source of strength.

#2

Absolutely, PFS in its serious manuifestations is a life changing turn equivalent to a major disease, even leaving aside the sexual sides. And, as you say, the sexual stuff in itself is deeply traumatising. We are unable to take part in the things every young man takes for granted. At this point a lot of us are not going to be able to have wives or kids because of a decision to take a pill to prevent hair loss. I’m only scratching the surface of our suffering here.

I see a psychologist and I bet many others on here do and have done.

Many thanks for doing the news report btw. It’s interesting that you haven’t posted for nearly three years, that’s before I even crashed. It shows there are many, many men severely affected out there who don’t post here much.

#3

I also see a psychologist. I’ve only had two sessions until now, but i think i will be seeing him for a long time. I think it’s important to find a good psychologist, cause for many of us it’s really difficult to cope with this situation.