The Therapy Epidemic!

DahiyaBhaiya · 2014-04-22T19:07:42+00:00

Keep in mind im not saying therepy is useless. My point was, and im going out on a limb here, half the reasons people are in thereby can be fixed by having people in your life who care about you and are there to support you or guide you in life.

Bible_Black · 2014-04-22T23:08:47+00:00

For all this reverence of the mental health industry, I've never actually known a person (who I know well-enough) involved with therapists, SSRIs or other anti-depressive medication to actually attain a higher level of life-satisfaction.

Therapy aside, because that certainly appears to be the least liable to cause you any harm (besides what it does to your wallet), you'll often hear people caught up in the "medicate your happiness" game adamant that they absolutely couldn't function without the pills. All the while, week in... week out... they never stop talking about how horrible their existence is and how much better it would be if they were dead.

There's this weird thing that happens to some people, also, where they become self-doctoring amateur psychiatrists. I've seen people go so baller with this shit that whenever the topic of mental health drugs come up, they always chime in. Often recommending such a drug they've taken, versus another that the other person was prescribed, as though they are fully qualified in neuro-biology based on their internet research and anecdotal experiences.

At some point don't you just sit back and ask, who's to benefit from all this pill-pushing?

I always keep the Milgram Experiment in mind whenever people talk about how a qualified professional's orders should be followed, such as the common belief that your doctor knows best, even in such nebulous areas such as how to fix a down-hearted man. Academic prestige doesn't disqualify self-serving motives, nor does it necessarily indicate competence. Besides, whose to say that heart-ache isn't a vital part of your individual growth; learning how to overcome set-backs and becoming the master of your own success?

But, yeah... therapists. I wouldn't see one myself, but perhaps they are useful to others. Would be a cool job to have, I think, to be the arbiter of reason with a person that trusts you to sort out their problems. And, if it doesn't work right away, there's always another session next week and another approach you could be taking and that doesn't seem so bad at $50/hour.

attaxx · 2014-04-22T18:08:38+00:00

I went through therapy last year. It was short, focused and effective. I was having panic attacks, mainly worried about debts. I went straight to the point, talked about my childhood, rooted the main reasons of my fears, understood that I had a shitty self-perception and perception of overall life. The therapist practically forced me to go on vacation ( for the first time in 6 years), ended up great.

I've heard other cases, mostly from my in-law family, they do a big drama over therapists. They use it to cry how they hate each others in therapy, gossip ( even males), their family is a family that looks ok on the outside but sometimes I wonder who will be the first one to snap and kill everybody else with a shotgun.

RedSpectrum · 2014-04-22T18:13:33+00:00

What country are you from?

Therapy done by trained psychologists and psychiatrists are effective here in the US and elsewhere. They don't just "talk" to their patients although it may seem that way in TV and in the movies. That is just Hollywood.

Many use cognitive-behavioral, psychoanalysis, interpersonal therapy, etc depending on what would be most effective for their patient. Drugs may sometimes be used in succession for better results.

g4merguy · 2014-04-22T18:55:07+00:00

therapy is mostly for people with mental health issues or very weak-minded individuals

Im surprised people are not really embarrassed to admit they went

Title	The Therapy Epidemic!
Author	The_BitterTruth
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Date	April 22, 2014 5:56 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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