How does therapy help mental health issues or mental illness?

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How does talking to a professional about your problems help you in any way? I’ve been in and out of therapy for years and I simply don’t find any use in it. I just tell the therapist about my emotions and my life, they try to be understanding and offer some very basic advice I already knew about. Why is therapy often recommended more than medication and thought of as a better solution when it’s literally just normal discussion that can’t change brain chemistry?

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Have you considered other therapy options? Sometimes a different therapist or different type of therapy can make a difference. I’m not suggesting your therapist is bad, or incompetent, but you kind of have to “click” with them. I’ve had some that helped a lot, but others not as much. Good luck.

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