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I'm glad the therapist worked for you. For me, my stance on therapy is that it's bullshit tried and true. I was in therapy for 1 year before realizing that I wa
by _RPM 8y ago
I'm glad the therapist worked for you. For me, my stance on therapy is that it's bullshit tried and true. I was in therapy for 1 year before realizing that I was going in there and making up problems I was having. I had 4 therapist in that time. The first 2 were actually horrible, and it was basically a sweatshop getting you in and out.
Basically, they sit there and listen, and let you talk about things. Giving you advice? No way.
Being an authoritative person? No. I was not able to fully accept that the empathy therapist show is FAKE, it's not real. You're literally paying them to sit there and listen to you.
I wasn't able to get over the fact that they don't care about you or your life, at the end of the day it's a business.
For instance, let's say one day you lose your insurance? All of sudden your therapist isn't going to help you anymore, etc.
It's all bullshit.
- JamesBarney 8y agoI think it being a business doesn't preclude their empathy. I'm sure most therapists care about their patients. I care about the software projects I'm on, and really want them to succeed, and my clients to gets lots of value out of those projects. But I'm not going to work for them for free. If you want to talk to someone for free there are friends, family and acquaintances. But that comes with its own set of obligations. If every time I saw a friend I complained about the same issues over and over again I wouldn't have many friends.