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Rate therapy on scale 1-5 for you. Please skip if you haven’t tried therapy

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Anonymous 8w

It truly depends on the therapist! The first two therapists I had didn’t help at all. The third one changed my life

Anonymous 8w

without therapy id be dead. not because the therapist has some brilliant insight (tho sometimes they do point out when youre being stupid and help u see why). but therapy is really important as someone with depression and other issues, because it focuses me and forces me to reflect on my goals. just having someone to talk to holds me accountable to what i know is really good for me

Anonymous 7w

Personally, it was completely useless for me because I dont need someone to talk to, I need things in my life to improve

Anonymous 7w

I’ve had therapy for years but it wasn’t at all a contributing factor to my recovery. I hardly even remember my therapy sessions 😭 Isolation and idleness from the pandemic had really set me on a whole mindfulness journey and I’ve essentially become my own therapist

Anonymous 7w

As someone who has had counseling and is in a class for therapy at my college, therapy is useful when done right. You need a good therapist obviously, but also you need the right kind of therapist. My family forced me to do counseling, which maybe helped me a tiny bit, but now that I’m taking Marriage and Family Dynamics I think we could’ve used family therapy.

Anonymous 7w

I asked to do therapy and did the entrance exam thingy before they’d decide who to send me to and they said I didn’t need therapy and asked me to never come back. So 1 for me personally

Anonymous

#1 8w

How’d they change your life?

Anonymous

#3 8w

She really helped me feel comfortable unpacking shit, realizing what I needed to talk about, how to reframe it, how to cope with discomfort, how to improve my self view / relationship with myself, etc. It’s crazy the progress I’ve made because she took the time to understand me & what would best help me

Anonymous

#5 7w

I used to think that until I found a therapist who helped me work through my perspective / feelings so I could feel ok regardless of circumstances (:

Anonymous

#1 7w

Some situations are beyond what we can change, but we can learn cope better, think in less black/whites, learn to tolerate distress, & build confidence/clarity & make strategic steps that objectively make your life better

Anonymous

#2 7w

Yeah but you can learn those on your own, why should I pay 100 dollars a week just to learn things that I can google? Maybe if therapy was free id like it more but I can never justify spending that much on talking with someone

Anonymous

#5 7w

Therapy should definitely be more affordable / accessible!! That said, I truly don’t think you can touch the surface of the benefits of therapy just by googling strategies

Anonymous

#5 7w

Also if you have health insurance - some therapists take insurance, so you just have to pay your copay for each visit. In some cases I think it’s entirely free with insurance

Anonymous

#1 7w

I dont have good health insurance so matter what its gonna be atleast 20-50 dollars which I cant afford, plus I honestly dont really care about getting better anymore since I know I have treatment resistant so im kinda stuck anyway

Anonymous

#5 7w

Treatment resistant?

Anonymous

#1 7w

Yeah, treatment resistant depression is a diagnosed condition where neither medication nor therapy can help

Anonymous

#5 7w

From the little bit of searching I did it looks like it’s defined as trying at least 2 medications without improvement? Doesn’t look like it includes therapy. Either way that’s hard, I’m sorry. I had the same issue with meds. I ended up doing gene testing to see what types of medications may work and found that SSRIs across the board would be ineffective for me, so I ended up only trying non-SSRIs going forward & finally found a combo that works

Anonymous

#1 7w

Unfortunately I cannot afford to do any kind of stuff like that. I havd several chronic issues and I just elect to ignore them because it costs 400 dollars just to go to urgent care much less doing anything official. Maybe in another world I could be better but not this one.

Anonymous

#5 7w

Aw sorry to hear, I hope your financial situation (or maybe one day, the system!) improves🫶

Anonymous

#4 7w

Yeah same for me. None of mine have said some life changing phrase, but every week I’m forced to pick my head up and assess myself and path more honestly because I have to explain myself to someone who doesn’t have the context my family/friends have