Anyone have experience with therapy?

[Azami]

So I’m currently in a point of my life where I’m not too sure what I want to do with my life. I’m also currently facing situation that I have no idea how to solve so I made an appointment with a therapist and I am hoping that help? Anyone ever did therapy and if it helped them for the better? I know it’s not supposed to “fix” things straight off the bat but all I know is that I want to be in a better state than I was before.

[eram]

it can help if you want it to help, it wont work if you dont want it to work.

[Krypto]

Tried it for about a year. Did absolutely nothing for me except confirm what I thought all along - therapists are hacks.

[✽Ðás0s™]

Let me tell you something. This might sound like a no-no for some, but you are your own best therapist. Aside from God (if you believe in Him), there's no one in this world who understands you better than yourself. Dig deep into your mind and try to find yourself. Again, introspection is one of the most powerful things you can do and not many people are capable of that. And it's free.

[WarHeRo]

crashing on ur support system is healthier than therapy. if u have none, then therapy is a good first step. u can add me if u need someone to talk. take care and good luck

[Dracoco OwO]

I don't believe in therapy for my behalf, i do not wish to traumatise the poor person questionning me on my life and don't think they can do anything for me but if you think stuff is salvageable for you it might be worth a try...

[Rio]

I was assigned it from when i was like 4-5 until 18. I would have been on it until 20 but the school came to me and said "You don't use the services and its a waste of money for you to be on them. Now that your 18, you can sign yourself out since your legal guardian doesn't".

I guess its great if you get one that really cares about helping you. And not one that cares about getting money out of you with medication or pushing you towards surgeries or services.

If you don't trust them though, I doubt it'll really help much.

Personally mine wanted to push pills and even had me locked in a children's mental hospital when I decided I was done seeing her or taking her pills. Which my legal guardians eventually took me out of.

It can be a much longer road going it alone but theres always meditation, self help, introspection bhuddism, pre-woke psychology.

[RaccoonBiceps.♡]

leveling up in life > therapy itself

[gugnihr]

I have been in therapy for many yars and it has been extremely helpful for me but unfortunately I know that not all therapists are good, there are bad ones too so I wisj you luck.
I decided to go to therapy in a moment when I felt really bad, I realized that I had serious problem when I saw that I could not recognize myself in the mirror, I got scared and I immediately wanted to go see a therapist. Because of that I was very motivated. Reading your post it does not sound like you are in such a bad situation so keep in mind that if you are not motivated enough well it just does not work. The therapist must be a good one and your motivation must be strong enough.
In my experience I recommend you to not take any medicine. My therapist tried various ones with me and almost all of them thankfully did not do absolutely nothing (nothing good put also nothing bad too), but the last one made me feel terribly bad.
Don't takethat crap, My therapy has been very useful and helpful and it would have been exactly the same without that crap... and I wouldn't have spent two weeks of my life feeling awfully bad because of that last crap (it was called Abilify, it is just poison if you ask me).

[Psycho]

yea i was in it every week for 7 years straight and it changed my life, my family, the way i think.. brought me out of a bad place

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

I don't read anything which you might need therapy for. This 'situation' maybe? Is it emotional/psychological?

[Hobbit XIII]

go with it with the view that will help on some issues and do not let the therapist dictate any of your relationships.

A problem I find speaking to other people who been to therapists is the therapists / counsellors are all about the individual and not about the whole situation that could be resolved in a positive way. - as I do not know your situation or anybody in your life I cannot give any kind of accuracy what is good and what is not. so..

It is difficult to know what to do with life so if you want to do something of value look to what you value as a person and see that as a starting point.
For myself it is to protect life and bring joy (and that may seem corny but these are the fundamentals I am speaking of) so from there when I am patched up again I will be taking first aid courses again and some other training to help in emergency situations and work for international rescue organisations / charities.
The second part is to carry on learning to code and get making games to put out there for people to enjoy in my spare time.

The only barriers in the free world to doing something that you want to do is self commitment.
I find bills, rents and other money drains take beyond too much of ourselves to be able to put into what we all really want to do.

A lot of people like doing relatively simple jobs full hours a week and then putting that money into a fantastic holiday or into their rents or going out and others like myself would rather do something else.

So I would say find your core values first and go from there.

[Krypto]

Nguyên văn bởi lankaras:

I don't read anything which you might need therapy for. This 'situation' maybe? Is it emotional/psychological?

People seek out therapy for many different reasons. Just because you don't see any reason doesn't mean there isn't one.

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Nguyên văn bởi Krypto:

Just because you don't see any reason doesn't mean there isn't one.

This logic is flawless! Congratulations. Unfortunately you somehow assume that I implied that, which I did not.

[Grynn]

Sounds like you need someone similar to a guidance counsellor or a life coach than a therapist.

My experience with them is they just put you on drugs. You can't see the problems anymore but it's still there, and they'll eventually make you dependant on the pills for years. Even the ones that say they only want to talk will try and admit you, where you'll be placed on drugs.

Feels like a sneaky trap every time.

[Krypto]

Nguyên văn bởi lankaras:

Nguyên văn bởi Krypto:

Just because you don't see any reason doesn't mean there isn't one.

This logic is flawless! Congratulations. Unfortunately you somehow assume that I implied that, which I did not.

Doesn't really matter. The point still stands.

This is like someone saying "I think I need a coat. It's cold outside today" and you looking at the weather and going "it's sunny outside today. I don't see the need for a coat."