I have been wondering this more and more recently. My friend (who has stated that she is a feminist) has highly advised me to try out therapy. However, she also said that while I am stuck living in my current toxic environment, it will not really be helpful unless I flat out move away from home. Unfortunately, due to problems with insurance and finances, it's making that option of moving out even harder to achieve.

My (feminist) friend did advise to wait until I move out and try out specialized therapists who handle trauma (even though I will most definitely have to pay for that out of pocket). First off, I would be thinking that it would be difficult to afford that type of treatment and second, I don't think I'm the only one that thinks that the mental health field can be hostile towards males. I've heard of female therapists not caring about their male clients or their suffering. Since it's gotten this bad, where can guys like us go for mental health treatment then? I know there can be good therapists out there but it can be so easily to be stuck with the bad ones.

Have any of you guys ever questioned this? Or think about alternative treatments? Or different ways to navigate through the system at least?