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Like literally anything else in life? Yes. put in the time, get results.
Are there exceptions? Yes. medical conditions can make you not see gains in the gym, learning impediments can hinder progress in acedemics. Maybe it's a bad teacher sometimes, but for the most part: put in time, see results.
Okay. That's personal responsibility too. How many trainers terminate because you aren't getting gains fast enough? How many teachers stop tutoring you and say you're hopleless?
You can call it perverse incentive, but at the end of the day you gotta speak up for yourself and figure out what works best for you. Sure, if you really have 10 sessions talking to a person and you feel no better than ranting to a friend, you probably need a different approach, But therapists aren't some magical exception to capitalism.
If you put in time and effort, everything is possible, except sometimes its not and you have to know the difference. Thank you. Very insightful.
That's all I'm saying, yea. Therapists aren't any different from any other professional you seek for improvement. But generally, in the wide spectrum of 100s of millions of people, professional guidance improves you.
Biggest sin of social media is people further misunderstanding statistics and acting like an individual failure is a societal letdown. Sometimes you just have a shit teacher. doesn't mean all teachers are shit.
I guess there's a certain question of autonomy. There's a tension between, "I need help running my life" and "I know when something isn't helpful and can walk away." There are ways in which therapy can disempower you: it can teach you to ignore your instincts, paper over your concerns... there is a real risk that someone who just can´t handle anything about their life will be trapped in an unhelpful (or openly abusive) relationship for years, so I'm really hesitant to recommend it to people blindly with no caveats.
Any therapist telling you to "ignore your instincts" without diagnosing you with a relevant condition (e.g. PTSD, OCD) isn't worth their salt. And not all therapists are licensed to diagnose you, so you'd need to be referred to a potentially different professional.
It's like any other professional. You try stuff they suggest, and sometimes it doesn't work out or you simply want 2nd opinion on a matter. It's not perfect, but generally it helps.
Worst case, they waste a few hundred dollars and learn its not for them. I've wasted more money with worse things. I think the risk of getting "addicted to therapy" is much smaller than gambling or drugs.
What?
Therapists do not just make you feel OK with everything. They teach you skills, mental resiliency, many things. I feel you have a very warped view of what therapy actually is.
Can you directly quote what you are referring to? I don't find what you're replying to.