therapy

Sooo many misconceptions about and aversions to therapy. 

How to improve this?

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what misconceptions and aversions are you experiencing?

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I mean, so many - as highlighted by others in the thread too: a narrow perception of what it is, a reticence to engage because one perceives themselves as “normal” and if they go to therapy that makes them not so much, weakness, a waste of money, something you do when you “lose it” etc etc

Yes, but how many people turn a blind eye to their own suffering- physical or psychological? Some even draw their whole identity from it. Who would they be without the problems, their issues, their dramas. Becoming aware of oneself and ones actions and if you are able to (socio economically) move to improve is 🔑

Waiting until you 'lose it' is weird, that's like saying you should eat right and exercise only when you get morbidly obese. You can be fit and healthy, get stronger by lifting - and be in your prime by exercising today and regularly. That's just a good habit, why wouldn't that apply to our minds?

I know what you mean, in my own discussions about therapy with others. None of us are 'normal' :) I experienced 'weakness'. My CBT therapist uno reverse carded me, framing it as I was being weaker to not face the challenge, he challenged my core belief and infact I wasn't strong enough to face it head on. It worked