Anyone here tried therapy? I was thinking of trying it out and was wondering if it actually helps or if it's just a meme.
It's bullshit and doesn't help
Basically it's just a session where your therapist reminds of you of your ohhh so traumatic experiences to the point where you realize you were a big fucking crybaby over something small
You also get a side of anti depressants to get through your therapy fast and help get the mental health industry get more $$$$$$
Therapy only works if you're actually motivated to change otherwise its a waste of time.
95% of their clients are normies who are unable to do introspection.
>>25371201
I went to some pretty shitty therapists, it really depends on who you go to. But they were free and it was nice to talk to someone so there's that.
>>25371201
Find your nearest buddhist temple and learn to medidate.
I shit you not it's way better than any therapy. Just go in with an open mind.
You could even make some friends.
I'm so fucking cynical that therapy is a total waste for me.
I always question their motives. Why do they want to help me? Just money? Then fuck you.
It helped me, mostly just by talking about all the shit that was going on at the time.
>>25371201
Only had 4 sessions those last 2 weeks but it helped me understand a few things about why I fucked up in life (and made me resent and understand my parents) and what my problems are and were but my own introspection made 90% of the work. It was also pleasurable in a narcissistic way to talk about my life.
Some people respond well and some don't. Pairing is also important because if you don't respond well to the person, you wont get very far. I went for few months years ago with anxiety issues but then I was OK again. Now I'm back and we'll see if it works out this time. Maybe it just resets things rather than fixing them.
>>25371248
basically this, f am
its all a joke and they couldnt give a fuck about ANY of your shit, nor do they help you
"oh, so you experienced something bad in your life, wow, thats bad, okay, that will be 150$ per hour, make sure to come again next week"
they laugh at you behind your back at your problems and that you are stupid enough to pay them to laugh at you
sometimes at really pathetic therapy goes the therapist directly mocks and laughs at the patient if they think they could get away with it
NOBODY wants to help you if you are down and out and feeling like life is shit
the best advice is lift, get ripped, look good, dress well, stop being depressed however u can, do shit that works
therapy is just a scam and a waste of time
if simply talking to random strangers for 30 minutes at 100$/hour would solve your problems, you dont have any real problems
honestly for me talking to 4chan/random anonymous dudes on the internet has been TREMENDOUSLY more therapeutic than taking with some psychology masters holding joke
with dudes on the internet you can be as honest as you want and talk about anything and most of the time you'll get someone who understands how u feel and can give u some advice. with therapists all the want is $$$ and they have to pretend to care about your bullshit which they dont even remotely give a fuck about
most are massively in debt so they try to pretend hard. the only thing they learned in school was that they have 5 to 6 figures in debt and they have to scam and pretend to listen to gullible retards for years if they want to pay it back, and most just give up and work at minimum wage jobs
I've wasted 1/3 of my life refreshing imageboards, have never intimately touched another human being and am a skeleton manlet that makes less than 15k a year.
How exactly is a successful normie going to sit there and relate to what I have to say? Just by being a therapist you have to be an ultimate social butterfly. No thanks I'll hold onto the few shekels I have left to my name.
Sorry, I prefer not flushing my money down the toilet.
I attend counseling at my university -its covered in my tuition- and I find it to be exceptionally helpful. I would recommend it to a friend.
>>25371822
University, going to counseling and friends?
Three strikes normie, goodbye forever
>Go to therapist
>Tell him how I feel about life and my future
>His advice is "be yourself" tier
>Realized I spent a bunch of money I could have spent on alcohol and drugs
>Went home and beat myself up over wasting valuable cash
Would not recommend
I went through it for about a year and I'm glad I'm still around to talk about it.
Not all experiences are equal, but it's better at least trying it and deciding not to pursue it further.
I'm considering it. I really need someone in real life to talk to.
It's so expensive though.
I talked to a therapist. Honestly, it saved my life.
>>25371201
For me it made me finally fully understand my issues and where they stem from, but it hasn't helped me change them at all because all my issues exist on a subconscious level, not the conscious level and no amount of rationalization with the logical mind will ever change the things the subconscious has learned over an entire lifetime.
>>25371836
I was just called an Alpha Male on another board so this is a priceless coincidence.
I don't think they could help me, they're trained to deal with normie problems.
>>25371201
If your problems stem from insecurities it might help, but if your life is legitimately hopeless and fucked up no amount of therapy is going to change that. Talking doesn't change shit, it only allows you to change your view on thing. You actually have to go out and fix your own life, no matter how hard it is. And for that you are all alone.
>>25371201
Depends if your problem is fixable that way(if at all) and how good the therapist is.
For my problems i wont work so its pointless even with an amazing one.
>>25372025
If its habit based you could stand a chance.
>>25371201
I tried it. My therapist turned out to be homosexual and he wanted to get with me. Never been back since and now I have problems trusting old men.
From my experience, they tell you what you want to hear. I went in saying "I think I might have depression" and they went straight into depression treatment without even questioning my judgement.
You get what you give, I guess. They'll give you things to do, all of which you can find online. Look up CBT worksheets, values, activity diaries, enjoyment ratings, etc.
If you actually put effort into those things, they might help. But I found it hard to discuss any problems of actual depth instead of just planning "fun" activities and shit.
Then again, every therapist is different.
Therapy was ever so sightly helpful for me in and of itself, it led to me being able to get antidepressants which actually helped immensely, however.
>>25371201
Why can't men nowadays just hold it all in emotionally?
What ever happened to the strong, silent type--like Gary Cooper?
>>25372112
>If your problems stem from insecurities it might help
translation: if "just be urself breh XDD, stop being depressed and go get em XD" wont work then therapy isnt for you
>>25372204
i shouldnt be laughing but this is killing me
>don't like old people
>can't open up to men
>feel like a creep trying to specifically get a female therapist
>>25372394
He would constantly ask me if I was gay and I told him time and time again that I wasn't. He eventually told me that he was gay and thought I was very attractive. I've never noped out a place so quick.
>>25371201
it's a waste of money
>>25371201
It's bullshit. Basically they have no idea what to do with you so they will try to put you on anti-depressants.
>>25371201
it is worth a try if you are going to school and it is free
it is like r9k, but with less judgement, more realistic, and usually the sessions are an hour
>>25372762
therapists can't prescribe you with anti-depressants, only psychiatrists can
and I agree, usually the best solution is eugenic, but again, 75% or more of robots here would be killed
i tried it, made me feel better in some ways but way fucking worse in others
i lost a good amount of anxiety (i can comfortably talk on the phone now, for example) but i still can't talk to people unless there is a need for it. so i'll never have a friend or a gf
also i feel way more worthless and depressed now. i'll end up killing myself for sure, just a question about how much longer i'll hold out.
it depends on how smart you are. if you're pretty dumb then it'll help a ton. if you're "smart" then you're wasting your time and will feel way fucking worse at the end.
>>25373001
would you feel worse not seeing a therapist?
and I feel that part of being smart is being smart with your emotions, sorry bud, but we aren't gifted
>>25372222
cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this
>>25372222
you mean the 90s' action heroes archetype?
the time has changed, but John Wick is still good despite that isn't the trend anymore
>>25373057
>would you feel worse not seeing a therapist?
no. just different
>and I feel that part of being smart is being smart with your emotions, sorry bud, but we aren't gifted
i agree. i don't think therapists are capable of teaching emotional intelligence though. they teach bullshit theories and techniques and i'm not capable of tricking myself into believing that these theories are effective.
i'm fucking retarded emotionally. but there's no way out now.
>>25372597
That just pisses me off. How dare he abuse your trust by trying to seduce you.
>>25372492
Hey I'm the same in reverse. I felt like an ass for specifically requesting a female therapist, but I need someone I can trust, and a woman can't fulfill that request
I've been thinking about going just to get diagnosed so I can use that diagnosis for neetbux.
I was thinking of just being upfront about what I wanted. They can ask any questions or whatever so I can prove I can't and shouldn't be out among people.
Has anyone tried this approach? Does it contribute to the decision to give you neetbux?
>>25373213
on a scale of 1-10, how close is a session to this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkBm9NjUKbY
>see a therapist
>I have now successfully identified why I am such a fuckup
>it's mostly subconscious/permanent so there's nothing I can do about it besides take pills and try to not kill myself
>>25373345
3 maybe
they try and make you talk more than just pep talk you. at least with me. there's a lot of pity involved. and they're not super pushy
>>25373373
do you agree that only one can change oneself?
I had to go to a therapist after my boyfriend and I murdered a girl.
>>25373347
>it's mostly subconscious/permanent so there's nothing I can do about it besides take pills
Explain further.
>>25371201
it's a joke dood. i only went to a specific therapist because i wanted to shoot a load in her face.
>>25373476
>inb4 abortion
>>25373425
hell yes i absolutely originally would
>>25373538
No, we were raping her in some mud on a beach and I was holding her head down with my knee but she like inhaled a bunch of mud and choked to death.
>>25373347
your conscious action affects your subconscious though, same for the other way around
you gotta shove a big one up your bum and bite it
I had one therapist while in university. She was so nice and easy to talk to. She'd help me turn some of my negative thoughts around. Then I graduated and never found a new therapist.
>>25373593
>mud
>beach
this is good b8
>>25373593
>mud on a beach
you sure it isn't a swamp?
is your bf Shrek?
>>25373623
Like a lake's beach, I dunno what that is called.
The shore I guess.
I feel like therapists are like girlfriends.
There's probably a good one out there that will actually work for you, but the chances of finding that one are next to nil, and you have to go through a lot of embarrassing, awkward, and traumatic experiences in the process of trying.
>>25372222
They all died because it's not healthy to hold in your emotions.
Here is some fresh pasta from a thread I made a few days ago.
>>25371201
Therapy is for teenage upper middle class trustfund babies. Are you a teenage upper middle class trustfund baby? If so, then maybe you should just go to therapy so you fit in with your peers.
>>25373707
Forgot pasta.
>walk in going through a wave of depression
>counselor ive been seeing for over a year tries to make a bit of small talk as I sit down
>he asks if I saw the new star wars
>try to explain to him that I wanted to like the movie but I just can't enjoy things like that anymore as the audience and community that surrounds star wars is a thing that outcasts me.
>I sit through an awkard silence as I wait for him to say something
>he reads me a bible passage we can discuss as he is trying to find a way for me to enjoy life even through I have already told him multiple times I do not believe in superstitions of any kind even though I really want things like that to exist.
>end up asking him what exactly what his job duties are.
>he tells me his job duties include helping people find answers to their problems and healing them.
>realize he has failed at his job completly.
>End up just making Rust Cohle quotes from true detective and repeating some 4chan pasta I vaguely remember to waste the last 45 minutes trying to fuck with him and have fun while getting a bit of revenge as he has wasted countless hours during our appointments
>ask him what it feels like to have an intact penis as mine was mutilated at birth
>he's confused and asks what I mean
>tell him my foreskin was forcefully sliced off when I was a defenseless baby.
>he tells me that it's a very common and hygenic practice that even he received
>then tells me I should be thankful for my circumcision
>he tries asking me what my next appointment will be
>tell him there won't be one and that he failed at his job completly.
>>25373648
do you think about how scared she was before she died?
does it haunt you or are you diagnosed psychopath
>>25373707
>>25373750
I want more of these, where did these come from?
>>25371696
That was a long rant bro but I mean have u ever even tried therapy? Or are u just SUPER opinionated?? And if ur problems are laughable they're prolly not that bad
>>25373773
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>>25373768
I'm mostly glad that she died in that kinda way because we had a sorta plan to kill her anyways and that would have been much worse.
>>25373872
do they fuck and shove carrots up their cunt and bum hole?
>>25373907
you edgy b8
>>25371201
It varies, but it helped me. My first therapist introduced me to cognitive behavioral therapy, or cbt. It took me like 2 years to start using it because I'm a stubborn ass, but I use it almost constantly now.
I'm not trying to convince you of anything, but I found that learning about what I feel and why I feel it to be valuable.
>>25373872
oh boy, now I want more of it, more than just kissing
the only vid I found is Elsa cosplayer bates it in the snow, but it is a fucking huge Elsa
http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=675717599
I thought frozen cosplay porn would be pretty popular among dads
Yeah works for some, not for me.
I just ended up lying to her the whole time and she came up with incorrect conclusions about me based on those lies. Then I lied more so she wouldn't believe the previous lies.
Eventually I got so deep in lies that I didn't even know what was what anymore and I stopped going.
Did this happen to anyone else?
>>25373750
you sound like a narcissist who enjoys denying people gratitude
I always wanted to fondle Tony Soprano's therapist. Dat accent of hers.
