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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The psychological basis for therapy is simply to bring thoughts into existence. It doesn’t matter what the focus of the particular person seeking therapy is, the core principle is being able to take what you perceived as truth through your internal thoughts and bring them physically into the world through speech.
Why do you think every other person who gets past the level of tipsy/buzzed ends up talking to themselves in the mirror at some point and then feeling emotional after the self pep talk (who knows maybe this is just me)? It’s because the simple act of speaking your thoughts into existence, on a psychological level, gives them more weight and significance. Now you can have someone else – the therapist/counselor – experience those thoughts/words in a completely non-biased way and offer advice based on that experience. You also are able to now view those thoughts/words in a new light/perspective without them being automatically intertwined with your personal beliefs/biases when they exist as solely thoughts in your head.
This is also why therapy can seem so negative/daunting to some – everyone and I mean EVERYONE – has those thoughts we feel should only exist as thoughts and never be shared with anyone. The good news is, we are biased heavily towards ourselves as humans and that circle of thoughts we think we should never share with anyone else is A LOT smaller than we might normally think.
If you struggle with any sort of mental stress it’s never a bad idea to seek someone – professionally or not – to share your thoughts with and bring them into reality so they can be addressed and helped if needed.
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