Edit: so please also help me understand this- if a person doesn’t have family and friends to support, sounds like therapy won’t really help this person unless they change their living conditions, or they relapse?
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I’ve had the worst experience with therapists over the course of 20+ years. I recently went to see a therapist due to anger management, and I’m expressing all this trauma and rage I’m dealing with, we’re talking about some pretty dark shit here. She was very engaged and was great at listening, but her advice was completely pointless. She handed me some candy and said “Next time you feel angry just put this in your mouth and it will help you calm down.” I stopped seeing her after that.
Most of my therapists either just say “Mhmm mh, I see. And how does that make you feel?”. I’ve even caught one drawing swirls on his notebook while pretending to jot stuff down.
I’ve come to the realization that therapy just isn’t for me. I’ll just do the healthy thing and suppress everything until I explode and drive my car off a bridge.
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