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Anonymous05/13/26, 13:05No.34527804Thoughts on Therapy ?
A lot of people told me to go see a psy. Have you went to therapy, if yes why ? Does it help and would you recomend ? if no why ? do you think its useless ? or dangerous ?
For me positive : -maybe it will help me a little
-they will maybe give me pills so i feel better
negative : -humiliation
-prob useless
-they might send me to psych yard if i say i want to hurt myself
- if people around me know it im done
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Anon05/13/26, 13:07No.34527808
therapists have nothing to do with pills I have no idea where you got that fromyou don't have to tell other people you're goingThey're not interested in committing you if you don't you're not imminently planning suicide in the next day or three
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Anon05/13/26, 13:08No.34527811
if we're talking about psychology not Psychiatry just look at therapist that they psychodynamic therapy, which is just talking about your emotions and thoughts and the relationships or lack thereof in your life. It's good stuff. It takes a while to work.It's not just the cash-grab therapy like CBT
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Anon05/13/26, 14:01No.34527904
Most therapists are retards and usefulness of therapy is directly tied to their competence, your willingness to improve, their understanding of what you're going through and their willingness to actually helpSo there are at least 4 things that need to align for the therapy to work which is why it often doesn't, especially considering that most therapists are either HR girlies or redditards with god complex who either don't want to help you recover (bad for business) or genuinelly aren't good enough to offer anything more than a summary of wikipedia page for CBT/schema therapyYour best bet is to start your own recovery journey through strong introspection, journaling and learning (chatGPT can unironically be useful here if you use it as a journal/web search combo) while actively looking for a therapists who is competent, has been through similar shit you are facing now, actually likes you and is open minded to your perspective while challenging your delusions and cognitive distortions as an outsider to your life with a bit less biased perspective
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Anon05/13/26, 14:06No.34527919
They can only help you if you are a very simple person. I went to therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, probably at least 20 different mental health workers over my lifetime and not a single person could help me. At best they just didn't know what to do and fed me platitudes at worst they actually gaslit me, tattled on me, mocked me, and shamed me. I'm talking about going to a therapist at 10 who mocked me for being a spoiled little girl when I was suicidal from finding my dead sibling. A psych at 16 told my mom he thought I was a lesbian and autistic (never discussed either of those things with him). Other therapists just took my family's money and strung me along with no help telling me I was a perfectionist and everything was in my head despite my life being an actual series of unfortunate events
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Anon05/13/26, 15:05No.34528166
It is fake and gay
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Anon05/13/26, 15:50No.34528302
Psychologists yes
Psychiatrists no (they don't give a shit about your problems and just give you pills forever)
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Anon05/13/26, 16:40No.34528455
Therapy is a meme. Just talk to yourself
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Anon05/13/26, 17:16No.34528578
I went to see a therapist last year because I wanted to leave my wife. I wanted to be polyamorous, try swinging, do exhibitionist stuff like going to nude beaches. Go to sex clubs, etc. My wife is not into any of this stuff, so I wanted to get to the bottom of why I have all these desires.My therapist tells me in the first session that SHE is a swinger/hotwife with an exhibitionist fetish who got her tits done so she can show them off anytime she likes. All we talked about was how fun sex was with other people. She legitimately seemed dumb anytime she tried to come back to reality and help me work through my issues. It was like, "Wait, do you think it's a problem? Your wife sounds like a bitch."I did three sessions and realized I was paying to talk to a bigger gooner than I was.
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Anon05/14/26, 07:38No.34530762
>tfw mental health professionals can't help me
>tfw can't help myself
Now what?
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Anon05/14/26, 07:57No.34530796
It helped me quite a bit, but it took a while
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Anon05/14/26, 21:33No.34532509
they're four different things you fucking retard- therapist
- psychiatrist
- psychologist
- counselordo your own research i'm tired of this shit
psychiatrists are the ones who give meds, the others don't
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Anon05/15/26, 03:03No.34533580
I don't know what your problems are, but if you have anxiety, just take 80mg of propranolol.
It's an over-the-counter medication that doesn't require a prescription. Relax, the minimum dose to lower your blood pressure is 160mg.
IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA, DO NOT USE THIS MEDICATION.
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Anon05/15/26, 03:16No.34533611
I've gotten something out of speaking to a psychologist several times but rarely a therapist. The psychologist will actually tell me "this is what is wrong with you, this is what you need to do" and the therapists are like "what do YOU think you need to do? How do you feel about that?"Therapist can't give you pills. That's a psychiatrist. Separate appointment.
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Anon05/15/26, 08:02No.34534290
My experience has been that it can be very useful if you have a specific, well-defined goal that you need help achieving (e.g. "I want to get back into work", or "I want to be able to go shopping without having a panic attack"). If it's more a case of "I feel like shit all the time, can you help me feel better?" they probably can't.Note that psychiatrists prescribe pills; therapists can't.
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Anon05/15/26, 08:47No.34534349
Never found therapy useful. I found SSRIs life changing.I have bad anxiety/panic attacks which result in avoidance. I understand and know it is a flight reaction related to stress. I know it is temporary reaction and not physically harmful. I know it is just hyperarousal and excessive vigilance when faced with stress.The issue is the physical rammications of this are incredibly uncomfortable to the point I just end up not enjoying or avoiding everything and my quality of sleep and emotional irritability both become horrible.I think therapy is a good first line treatment for any mental health concerns. For many people, it is beneficial. Don't expect it to be life changing though.