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The thing I don't understand about therapy is that there's no amount of self-inflicted problems you can have that therapy couldn't tell you is someone else's fa
by hbn 3y ago
The thing I don't understand about therapy is that there's no amount of self-inflicted problems you can have that therapy couldn't tell you is someone else's fault.
Think of the worst person you can imagine in your persona life, who goes around causing problems for other people and then complaining that "everyone's an asshole." That person can go shop around for therapists until they find one who reaffirms all their beliefs that other people need to change for them. And I don't think it would be wild to assume therapists like that will receive the highest praise for their work, as opposed to the ones who tell you to fix something about yourself, which many people will take as a personal attack.
If someone can't fix their own problems so they're seeing a therapist, how can they be trusted to select a good therapist for themself? It seems like the whole concept of this system actively incentivizes bad therapy and externalizing blame.
- irundebian 3y agoGreat comment!