TRP and Therapy

Hinsbock · 2014-12-10T16:33:56+00:00

You should find a doc and try to figure out if your depression could have physical cause (hormones etc.). Get your blood tested.

In the meantime, go find a therapist you aprove! Talk to him about your problems and your goals. In my opinion, a good therapist will help you reach this goals no matter what his personal opinion on that topic is. But he will chose a method he aproves of for you to reach this goals.

Maybe you take the time to watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drv3BP0Fdi8

He explains how therapy and medications mostly not lead to a healthier life. Instead he suggests following lifestyle changes, which helped alot of his patients:

Physical activity (Exercise)
Omega 3 fatty acids (With high EPA about 1000mg)
Sunlight
Healthy sleep cycle
Anti rumnative activity
Social connection

If its necessary, drugs and therapy should give you the oportunity to have enough energy to do whats on the list and change your unhealthy lifestyle, but shouldn't be an end in themselfs.

(All assumend there is no physical explanation for your depression)

Good luck and don't forget to exercise, no matter what! It should be part of your life from now on! Physical activity is necessary for a man to stay healthy, we are built this way.

N0TH4PPY · 2014-12-10T15:44:18+00:00

My experience was to find a guy who seems like a guy's guy. He's gotta seem manly with a hint of toughness but still approachable, which can be hard to find. Don't see any guy who seems like a wuss and/or super intellectual.

BluepillProfessor · 2014-12-10T19:17:13+00:00

Red Pill does not object to counseling when it is needed.

Red Pill objects to MARRIAGE counseling because it is pure feminine imperative wrapped in feelgood bullshit and force fed to the man who is ALWAYS the problem.

Redpillc0re · 2014-12-10T22:41:27+00:00

Some guys here confuse clinical depression with "having the blues" ...

Anyway, your best bet is to find an older therapist, who has not probably received enough brainwashing. A married guy with a traditional cultural background such as mediterranean would do.

source: absolutely none, just my hunch

JackGetsIt · 2014-12-11T08:11:23+00:00

Be open with your counselor at the start of the session. Tell them about your redpill views; this isn't public conversation they won't condemn you. You'd be amazed at how both men and women will adjust and frame their advice in the terminology you are looking for. I got extremely lucky and found an older gentlemen from the Midwest that was RP as fuck. Look for counselors specializing in divorce/mens issues, not marriage counseling.

RedPillThoreau · 2014-12-10T15:23:18+00:00

For starters the best way to snap yourself out of depression on your own is to slowly add new hobbies and projects, things that you are passionate about. With creation and accomplishment comes happiness, I firmly believe that this is rooted into the essence of manhood.

As for therapy I would recommend looking for a man on the older side, someone who has lived life long enough to stand a chance at actually understanding it, and simply state that you'd like to gain a better understanding of gender dynamics, social skills, and self-actualization. If he can read between the lines at all he'll know what you're getting at.

You're on the right path my friend, it's a slow road but it's possible to make drastic change with sheer willpower and a little guidance.

Movonnow · 2014-12-10T15:33:10+00:00

I got a female therapist while in depression phase and shedidan amazing work. Female are aware of the red pill. You pay them, they wont bullshit you.

And anyway, use your brain and as with everyone takeeverything with a pinch of salt.

Look for agood therapist whether heis male ornot.

riverraider69 · 2014-12-10T14:42:28+00:00

TA used to be pretty red pill back in the day, not sure how it's doing now.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis

Red_Invictus · 2014-12-10T16:17:13+00:00

The key to happiness, when you boil everything else down, is growth. Even if you're worse off this year than you've been in the past decade, if you are growing, you can start to feel happy again. The most common suggestion of finding new hobbies is a testament to this; you want to find any kind of growth, no matter how small, new interests and hobbies give you that sense of learning, improving, even on a small scale.

Basically, start small and still seek help. Also seconding the suggestion to see a physician and screen out potential physical root causes of the depression; ex: undiagnosed autoimmune conditions, low testosterone, adrenal imbalances, there's hundreds of things that could be contributing.

Bob_miller · 2014-12-14T17:46:04+00:00

Find one that works for you. Call them up, email them and ask them questions. If you know the basics of TRP you should be able to find one that works for you and I'd think that if they weren't what you'd needed you would know quick.

A good therapist should mesh up nicely with MGTOW sort of ideals. They should basically empower you to make the decisions yourself. They should challenge you to be self-reflective, to investigate what your coping strategies and distortions are, guide you through figuring out whether that is what you want or not, and guide you into deciding how you want to move on in the future.

Note above I said guide not tell. A good therapist is basically a huge sham, but one that is invaluable. They won't tell you what you need to help yourself, rather they basically make you tell yourself how to proceed. The choices you will make are yours, they should ask good questions and force you to be introspective. They should challenge you to look at yourself and to understand what you are doing and whether it is really what you want to do. They guide you into you being the you that you want to be.

I was lucky that I had a good copay, but I still spent a few hundred on my therapist. No shame in it at all, some of the best money I've ever paid.

And it shouldn't matter whether it's a man or a woman, it's all about who you are and what you really want, and working towards it. Mine was a woman and she was fantastic.

R4F1 · 2014-12-10T15:31:12+00:00

Yesterday I talk with one (initial consultation) and he was talking about specializing in Men and "Getting Men to be in touch with their feelings and emotions" to me it sounded like a mangina talking.

I don't think that's necessarily true. I'm sure you've read it here too, if there was ever a time/place to show weakness or cry as a man, its in the presence of a close friend but never in front of a woman. If you were to look into MRA stuff then you'd know that men do complain about the double-standard that exists when it comes to men and emotion compared to women and emotion. TRP simply accepts that "yes, there is a double-standard and nothing we can do about it". In an ideal world, being a softie isn't a bad thing, neither is being a hardass. I don't think you can really make a premature judgment whether the therapist is serious about letting men open up, or is he simply trying to effeminate men, until you've looked into it. If men actually were allowed to get the mental/emotional support which they deserve, we wouldn't have as high a rate of suicide, PTSD, prescription pills, etc that we're plagued with.

lgm1213 · 2014-12-10T15:38:51+00:00

Try the female first, you never know, if she sucks move on

blinkyone · 2014-12-10T17:28:30+00:00

A "red pill" psychotherapist is a psychoanalyst who vehemently adheres to Kernbergian metapsychology – that is, in the form of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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