I had absolutely no idea what occult quacks chiropractors were for an embarrassingly long time. I thought it was just another medical specialization, like dermatology. No one told me otherwise and it was only a few years ago that I learned that orthopedic specialists and neurologists practiced something very different than the quackery that still legally allowed to blend in as if it were an actual medical specialization, to make suckers like me fail to notice the difference at a glance. I'm glad I never went to see one before I knew better. :the-more-you-know:
Therapy is good go to therapy it helps go to therapy its good
Therapy helped me, its just expensive as shit.
What is the current science on Eliza-like therapy chat bots?
Do they still have some sort of "placebo" therapeutic effect or has that been disproven?
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=7%2C39&q=eliza+therapy&btnG=
No idea, but I am of the firm opinion that a huge portion of therapy is just the honest, private, and judgement free communication with another person. I don't think that replicate with a ai. You may be able to trick the logic part of your brain into thinking you are talking with someone, bit there is so much non verbal communication that is just absent.
Some therapists are bad, untrained for specific issues, or outright malevolent, but overall avoiding therapy in general is like avoiding the dentist in general. I agree, everyone should try to find one that works for them if they can afford one.
Yeah this is largely unavailable to yanks I think. But like, while 10 free sessions a year isn't enough for a therapeutic relationship, it is enough to try a couple different therapists and find one that works for next year.
Unless you earn too much to qualify in which case I hope youre earning enough over the threshold to still be able to make it happen
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:yea: they dont make it easy
> mfw preindustrial humans actually had surprisingly good dental health with[out] regular dentist visits because their diets didn't contain nearly as much sugars and other complex carbohydrates
i haven't double checked that this is true, feel free to repeat it also without checking, or else to tell me i'm wrong, as is your wont
I know that was a typo but it's still funny to imagine anyway. "Welcome back. You're still good. Keep it up! Next!"