If you tell a therapist that you have a problem and they say you don’t, then that’s a bad therapist. Any good counselor will ask you what your goals are and help you accomplish them.
To add onto this: part of being clinically depressed is thinking you have problems that you don’t really have. Imposter syndrome, low self-esteem, and generally having a pessimistic outlook are all things my therapist helped a lot with. Some folks seem to think that all a therapist will do is blow smoke up your ass, but I’ve found a good therapist will help you calibrate your perceptions to reality.
You’re painting with a pretty broad brush. True, there are some situations in which acceptance is the only realistic option, and therapy CAN ABSOLUTELY help with those too. But to say that all therapy is just “convincing yourself that you don’t have problems” is just the epitome of naivety. You’re helping no one here.
Get on that therapy train, don’t be afraid to get put on the right medication, it can change your life. It did mine
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If you tell a therapist that you have a problem and they say you don’t, then that’s a bad therapist. Any good counselor will ask you what your goals are and help you accomplish them.
To add onto this: part of being clinically depressed is thinking you have problems that you don’t really have. Imposter syndrome, low self-esteem, and generally having a pessimistic outlook are all things my therapist helped a lot with. Some folks seem to think that all a therapist will do is blow smoke up your ass, but I’ve found a good therapist will help you calibrate your perceptions to reality.
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You’re painting with a pretty broad brush. True, there are some situations in which acceptance is the only realistic option, and therapy CAN ABSOLUTELY help with those too. But to say that all therapy is just “convincing yourself that you don’t have problems” is just the epitome of naivety. You’re helping no one here.
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