Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this?

gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• flyboy_146@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hey, I just want to say that in case you did give therapists, SEVERAL times, a chance to be a solution, and they showed themselves to be charlatans, you may want to consider that they are absolutely not the end all be all that some people may sound them to be.

  I don’t have the answer, but there are leads to follow still. Someone here was suggesting giving your time to help others. If possible, this may actually help. Or not… Then try something else. Just don’t think therapists know it all, because they sure as fuck don’t…

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  • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A therapist that claims to know it all or makes promises that they can help you (esp. Short term) is just a licensed grifter. Can that fucker and find one that gives a shit.

    The most significant factor for success in therapy is that the therapist has a similar condition to yours and they’re engaging in therapies that worked for them. Next it’s important they look like you (share your demographic somehow). Your dedication cones immediately after that.

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  • kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This needs to be said more. What if the therapist can’t help you? Even worse, what if they don’t understand you? Wouldn’t that make you feel even worse?

    I have tried a couple therapists. With both, it was as if we were speaking different languages. Needlas to say, I stopped seeing them.

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    • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sounds a therapist problem and not a therapy problem. Not that therapy is perfect, just that you didn’t receive any.

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      • kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I can’t spend all my money searching for a therapist.

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