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Confessions 1d
Atp I don't bother with any psychiatrist/counselor/therapist/etc that doesn't have actual in-depth lived experience w mental illness/addiction/EDs/etc. Those textbooks just can't make up for lived experience, apparently. Not in the slightest 9/10 times.
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Anonymous 1d

Unfortunately this mindset is why so many people don’t get the help they need.

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Anonymous 1d

My therapist when I was a teenager tried to make me apologize for making my mom abuse me in our court ordered counseling sessions. I’ve had an amazing experience with a different therapist since then, but oh my god was that damaging at the time

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Anonymous 1d

Maybe to feel understood but I still think it matters more that they are able to get you healthy because they are healthy enough to listen to you and give good advice

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I mean it's not a mindset, it's an unfortunate truth. Mental health professionals with 0 lived experience tend to suck. Very badly. Those WITH lived experience are awesome tho Mental healthcare is SO important. It's something that's needed for most people. So it's VERY frustrating/disheartening that there's only a 50/50 shot of landing a good practitioner

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

It's mainly bc the entire psych field is in its infancy but it's still frustrating

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

and honestly the science part

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Dude I've sat before some extremely dangerous 'healthy/stable' ppl in the past They think bc they're more stable/healthy that they must surely be right about everything and know everything. So they just start giving reckless 'advice' and misreading tf out of people. So they don't get it. But hey, I said 9/10 times (exaggerating, probably more like 7/10), so that's still a chunk of valid providers w little to no lived experience

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

I know several very mentally vulnerable individuals who've been sent down horrible paths by ignorant counselors They say the most insane shi Maybe it's an empathy issue.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

And mental health practitioners with lived experiences that never healed from them are just as dangerous. The question then is, is my provider giving me the tools to cope with what I’m dealing with, or are they dismissing/invalidating me or enabling me. Sure, you don’t relate to someone who hasn’t lived with what you have, but that relation doesn’t need to be there for someone who is qualified to practice to give sound advice and treatment.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

I think that as long as you can address the root of the issue and they know scientifically how to make you better, thats the most the non-lived psychiatrist can do and should do. If you HAVE to have one of these doctors for a time, you can find people to relate to in another group (like confessions) and express how hard it is

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