This is false, and damaging to believe. I was one of those you speak of, that merely getting there was a great effort. Therapy did me immense amounts of good,

This is false, and damaging to believe. I was one of those you speak of, that merely getting there was a great effort. Therapy did me immense amounts of good, where I can thankfully live a reasonably normal, content life today. But, starting out, you better believe it took everything I had just to get up the will to drive there, and even sit there, and nothing more. I don't think you understand how much of a breakthrough it is for some people to even get to this point, and how _fragile_ things can be at that point, either. Just even getting someone to agree to sit down with a therapist can be a massive step for them - to finally start working to confront things. Psychiatric medication does not provide a magic pill that restores your will and motivation. If only it did! Things would be so much easier, and I could have saved a lot of time on therapy.