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Therapy helped me when I did it in a group. Mostly in making me realize how good I had it. People that weren’t able to drive, weren’t able to go outside at all
by Aeolun 3y ago
Therapy helped me when I did it in a group. Mostly in making me realize how good I had it.
People that weren’t able to drive, weren’t able to go outside at all etc. I was just permanently afraid.
What I gained from my other sessions was mostly a ‘get out of jail’ free card to unload all of my thoughts. You can only do that on your family and friends so many time before it starts to wear on them hearing the same things again. But my therapist is paid for that shit, so I have no compunctions.
SSRI worked much better on a daily basis, but the therapy was nice when things were bad.
- fsloth 3y agoThis is one aspect of therapy for sure. Just discussing your bad stuff with someone who is a talented listener is a very important component IMO to get your stuff together. And I concur. Don't use your friends or family as therapist as a default option. That stuff is hard. Unloading a bunch of negative emotions to a non-professional can be hurtfull and poisonous. There are of course situations were you can share bad stuff with someone but that's a case by case situation.