What are your views on professional therapy?

[H4r4 K1r1]

If it is temporary and is a means to an end (i.e. getting to the bottom of what's holding you back in life) I think a decent therapist can help certain people. Some people need to talk through their shit to be able to figure out what's wrong and how to fix it. I see no problem with that. When they become a crutch, that,s when it is a problem. It has to be temporary, and the person in therapy always has to be the one in charge and the one making the decisions. Maybe the people who became self-centered after seeing therapists needed an excuse to be self-centered.

 

[Imendoza]

Its a good start but not an end all, be all solution.

I went for panic disorder, agoraphobia, and alcohol abuse. It helped me open up to the people around me and work on the whole alcoholism thing. Im 23 though so my relative youth in comparison to the people you are talking about might be a factor. I have since stopped going because Ive seen enough improvement to become a functional human being. Im still not anxiety free or a straight edger, but Ive greatly improved.

 

[Blitz55]

I think.its.one.of.the best thing a person can do. Its good to.talk to a completely objective person and be completely honest about yourself and your life.

I did it when my dog.died and i was depressed and constantly getting panic attacks. It got.me out of the depression and ive been in a really good state of mind ever since

You have an odd way of using periods.

 

[kjg1672]

It saved my life.

 

[MASShole]

I've done it, and sometimes, having an outside, objective point of view can really help you see things much better.

Not needed most of the time, but there are sometimes when it's definitely needed.

 

[SafyreSchool**]

Therapy is a waste of money. I don't need to pay someone to talk to them.

It's largely psychological in its own right, and benefits from principle.

Does a fighter really need to amp himself up before a fight?
Does the team huddle include them sending him "win rays" that help him win?
What about rampage wearing a rumble chain or saku meditating in his locker room? Why don't they just shut up and walk out and fight the guy?

It's just what some people need to get through something.

 

[BEER]

Seeing a therapist is like talking to a friend with some common sense.

 

[SafyreSchool**]

Seeing a therapist is like talking to a friend with some common sense.

Your whisky glass needs a santa hat.:icon_chee

 

[feedmelies]

It's extremely helpful for those who need it.

I have a friend who is one of the most self-sufficient, personally responsible, masculine people I know. His girlfriend of five years, whose child he had been helping raise basically since birth, broke up with him. He completely shut down. Couldn't eat or sleep and turned into a wreck. He lost 25 pounds in a month.

After he talked to a therapist, he began to pull himself together. Sometimes we need someone else to guide our thought processes.

 

[Sum]

Nothing wrong with it. I fully endorse it. Not everyone needs it, but plenty do.

Therapists are highly trained individuals. Not just some psych major that doesn't know what he wants to do. Clinical psychiatry is extremely competitive, and non-psychiatrist therapists are not exactly easy either.

 

[mister who]

I went for panic disorder, agoraphobia, and alcohol abuse. It helped me open up to the people around me and work on the whole alcoholism thing.

Did you have home visits? Otherwise I don't see how you could have agoraphobia if you can freely leave your home to go visit a therapist.