Is therapy a worthwhile endeavor, bots?
>24 years old
>never had an intimate relationship with anyone
>sexual things cause my anxiety to go haywire
>sexually abused by aunt when I was 6
>physically abused by my father from 5-16
>teachers avoided me because they knew something was wrong but didn't want to make it their problem
>no real friends, just drifting through life
>nothing interests me
>>29257406
Hey anon. I had issues too. Therapy might've helped me recover from them. But I feel that the combination of time, coming into contact with people in a worse state and someone specific that really helped me.
Give it a try mate.
>>29257406
Couldn't hurt, right?
If you're an extremely unmotivated individual, no. It doesn't help in the slightest.
>>29257406
You've suffered a lot anon, you need therapy to get through that abuse and degredation. You're not some sad normie you endured actual trauma. That's what therapists are truly for
>>29257406
Hasnt helped me much at all.
Went because my parents demanded I go
My issues are:
>28 and still live at home
>have BA degree, but making near min wage
>no friends, never been in a relationship
>parents (especially my mother) pester me all the time and I lash out at them
>anxiety and poor self esteem.
Been going for a year now.
I'm in better physical shape and went from part time employed to full time at the same job. I would've accomplished those things whether I was in therapy or not.
If anything, I get hit by feels harder. Now more than ever, I feel like nobody can help me except me, but I dont know how to help myself. I feel stupid. I feel like a loser. I feel rejected. I feel less able to escape reality.
>>29257813
OP here. I'm afraid of what the therapist might do. Can't they put a person in a mental institution without the person's consent?
>>29258332
>I'm in better physical shape and went from part time employed to full time at the same job.
>I feel stupid. I feel like a loser.
You're making progress, man.
>>29258409
Only if you tell them you want to hurt yourself or others, and that you actually have a plan to do so. As long as you avoid doing that, you can tell them you think about suicide thirty times a daylike me :^)and they won't be able to do anything.
>>29258222
Is the therapist going to put me on drugs or something? Sometimes I wonder if it wasn't abuse and maybe I deserved to get beat or locked in the cellar for days at a time
>>29258470
I couldn't hurt myself. I'm too weak to do anything. Besides, there's not much that can be done to me now considering how messed up my body is
>>29257406
Yes. Therapy is absolutely worth it. You may need to see a few different people before you find one who you can trust and open up to. But once you do, it's great. Good luck.
