The only good therapist is a dead therapist.
Don't pay those pseudoscientists for their quackery, and more importantly, never tell them anything. Remember that.
>>696122Actually, they're really for self-obsessed and self-centered people. Instead of having real relationships with people who do it pro-bono and don't care about anything but your companionship, where you would have the same kind of conversations, but of course, there would be expected give and take, where you dump on them, ask for sympathy from them, and then in turn, you'd switch places, and you'd play the role of the listener/therapist to them, you get to have a completely one-sided relationship, because you pay them in pieces paper instead of your concern and compassion.
Livia Soprano says it best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYpPnVUPugQLike it's obvious on its face that therapy is bullshit. You're feeling depressed and suicidal? Yeah that's fucking normal because you live in a capitalist dystopia with no hope of getting out of it anytime soon, you'd be fucked in the head if you WEREN'T depressed.
Also I know therapists IRL and they're all pseud libshits with problems of their own. I wouldn't trust them with my mental health.
>>696150Because there's occasionally interesting insights and clever jokes
You guys are alright
>>696156Tbh I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't able to get it mostly covered by insurance. I was in grad school at the time, and the university temporary tripled the coverage for 'mental health' because of covid - so fuck it why not
I was initially just as cynical as posters in this thread about it. He clearly knew the type though, and immediately got to asking some direct uncomfortable questions that made me drop the sardonic cynic act pretty quickly
>>696152Especially you friend
>>696154No but I often wish we could've just hung out, he was just a cool guy. There was a temptation to keep scheduling sessions even though it was clear I didn't need them anymore. In fact, he was the one who recognized that it was time for me to move on and stopped the regular schedule himself. His behaviour was completely inconsistent with being someone just looking to cash a cheque.
There really are good ones out there comrades
>>696168because it just is? normal people dont have the knowledge and experience require to tackle certain issues. do you seriously think the average person could convince a suicidal man not to kill himself?
its like saying doctors arent needed because you can just ask your mom to take care of you when youre sick
>>696160>I was initially just as cynical as posters in this thread about it. He clearly knew the type though, and immediately got to asking some direct uncomfortable questions that made me drop the sardonic cynic act pretty quicklyIF he really has the skills to pay the bills, that's another matter. In my experience, and what I've from others there are two trpes:
>the sounding boarddoesn't say anything remotely cognizant that an LLM or rather a pre-LMM chatbot couldn't reply with
>or they're a very opinionated person who wants to dictate your life, but of course, as the stereotype is, only mentally unwell people get into psychology and psychiatry and they will want to puppet your life with their stupid hangups and biases. >>696433i have done two EMDR sessions before and both made me cry. i was too ashamed to participate in it again and told her i didn’t want to continue with the treatment.
unfortunately, it feels fake and gay to sit and watch my therapist move her index finger around fast style while we get into the details of how i’ve been traumatized and abused over my life.
it feels absurd to have someone asking such intensely personal questions while making gestures such as that.
<even in my most private moments such as those spent secluded in my room or in therapy i feel the eyes of an invisible audience glaring at me. waiting for the slightest slip up, scoffing and laughing >>696435it was someone abused in childhood who had ptsd and couldnt have a normal sex life. EMDR did fix it. You should try again. Obviously reliving trauma gonna make you cry, no shame in it. If it seems silly but get result, its not silly.
> i feel the eyes of an invisible audience glaring at mewell fuck them, and fuck your self depreciation. Sticking to your will to improve despite their stupid mockery will show them (and you)
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