Anyone else find therapy comically useless?
I like having deep conversations. I get passionate about these conversations. I don’t have depression. I’m just moody and brood a lot. My mom has been persuading me for years to go to therapy.
I go to therapy. I have an open mind. I’ve been to a few therapists, I’ve gone to multiple sessions, I’ve been as honest and vulnerable as possible.
It’s NOT the therapists, for the most part, they’ve all been great. The techniques of contemplative behavior therapy can totally work for example, but it’s also something I’ve cross-examined multiple times in simple online PDFs before even attending in-person therapy. Like, I understand this stuff.
I can totally see how meetings with a therapist can be beneficial for certain people, but I don’t think it works for me. I can read a book or google advice that’s more in depth and unique to my situation than talking to a stranger. I feel like a therapist is only there so you can pay them $100+ a session to hold you accountable every visit.