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> But ok, at least with a therapist, another human being cares enough to want to help, and that can make a difference. That's sort of my point. They don't actu
by vjk800 3y ago
> But ok, at least with a therapist, another human being cares enough to want to help, and that can make a difference.
That's sort of my point. They don't actually care, they help you because you pay them. I don't know if it's how I grew up or what, but this is somehow off-putting to me. I mean, I'm not against paying for services in general, but the sort of human interaction that therapy provides seems me like something that we should be able to get without money.
- waboremo 3y agoIt would be great if therapy was provided under universal healthcare! But I would argue against the "don't actually care" angle. They do, they would not have devoted years of their life to a quite miserable role if they didn't care about helping people. Their expertise matters, just like any other role in life, and it's what you're paying for.
- watwut 3y ago> but the sort of human interaction that therapy provides seems me like something that we should be able to get without money I do not expect therapy to be like friendship and friendships can not provide the kind of help therapy is supposed to provide. Friends can try and give you huge amount of contra productive advice or judge you, simply because they do not understand the kind of issues therapy deals with. The socially superior periods had also much higher substance (including alcohol) abuse rates ... and non-triavial part of that was self-medication.