• Lundi [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Men and women don’t go to therapy because it’s fucking expensive as fuck, even if you have health insurance. The marginal benefit of maybe, by some miraculous chance, matching with the perfect therapist and improving your mental health by 1% doesn’t offset the cost of destroying your wallet.

      • Lundi [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I think you’ll find it’s because a lot of us have been cycling through the behavioral health field our entire lives and have grown disillusioned by it, Most therapists are either out of their depth or flat out hostile when they have to cross class and social lines, and often times struggle addressing the material realities of their patients.

        I’ve had 5 therapists and countless psychiatrists over the years. ‘Go to therapy’ is such a profoundly crass statement that libs love to use.

        Edit: Also, I just told you, it’s expensive as fuck.

    • fanbois [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The act of going to therapy and sitting down for a structured conversation in a neutral space is a significant part of therapeutic success. This certainly depends on your issue, but many people would benefit from a setting like this without everything fitting perfectly.