seek therapy

I’m starting to realize many of the repressed feelings I have connected to my biological father, I’m going to get the help I need to move on with my life.
I’m not used to asking for help in this way, but this is a step in the right direction, that I know.

well, I’ve now met my therapist twice, and it feels good.

She encouraged me after our first “only info, free of charge” session to go out and meet other therapists, but I don’t have the energy or motivation to “shop around” for psychotherapy…

I feel comfortable with her, so we’ll meet again in about three weeks (she’s travelling, that’s why the long brake).

I’m looking for some lightweight therapy. Someone to help me get a better grip of myself, my wants and needs. Someone who is not a friend of family member. Tomorrow I’m going for a first “information only” session with a psychotherapist (found online, a google ad… is that bad?). I really think this could help me out, but too bad it is so expensive! :(

So, things have been extra difficult for me lately because I have just moved to a new place and I don’t adjust to change very well at all. It seems like all of the problems that I felt like I was starting to get under control are starting to worsen again, and I worry about how bad things will get.
I always get stuck thinking that I can solve my issues on my own and it never works. I have even found a therapist that specializes in the problems I have, and her website says that she has even been through them herself at one point.

I think that as soon as I find a job and can afford it, I am going to call for an appointment. Usually I think of seeking therapy only after things get to the point of being unbearable, but since I am already starting to feel out of control of things, I hope that maybe I can avoid that feeling. If anything, it can’t hurt to talk to someone.

Is great. She’s so nice, and wonderful, and really helps.
If anyone’s reading this, let me just say that you’re not the only one. Yeah, you’ve probably heard that a million times, but only because it’s true.
I’m in therapy right now.
And I’m only 16.
It’s okay to ask for help, because that’s the first step. It’s okay to spill your guts to a stranger because they’re willing to listen, and help, and better you—and they’re paid to do it, but that doesn’t matter.
Getting help shouldn’t make anybody feel less of a human. It should make you feel MORE of a person, because NOBODY is perfect.

Seeking therapy is just a mislabeled stereotype.
What people don’t realize is that when they look for help, it’s just another way of saying, “Look, world, I care about myself!”

Don’t be afraid, or embarrassed, of any secrets that you may have. Because believe me, I have some things in my past that I used to be ashamed of—things that you, the reader, will never have to experience.
Everyone is lucky in their own way. If you can read this right now, on a computer, then congratulations, because you already have a better lifestyle than half the people on this earth.

Thinking bad thoughts?
You’re not alone.
Someone is willing to listen.

everybody thinks they’re at least a little crazy. if you don’t think you’re a little (even the tiniest bit) crazy, you’re not normal.

Nowadays in Western society people no longer feel ashamed for going to therapy – which is a very positive thing. However…

... what can people expect from therapy?

In general one must notice that the effect of therapy depends on the type of therapy. Therapy or treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. Some therapeutic methodologies from Western medicine, Eastern medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine), and alternative health care include: acupuncture, agoratherapy, aromatherapy, art therapy, colour therapy, crystal healing, drug therapy, diversional therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, immunosuppressive therapy, light therapy, magnet therapy, massage therapy, morita, moxibustion, music therapy, naikan, occupational therapy, phage therapy, physical therapy, physiotherapy, play therapy, postural integration, psychotherapy (for example, cognitive therapy, Gestalt therapy, group therapy), radiation therapy, recreational therapy, sand tray therapy, sex therapy, shock therapy (for example, electroconvulsive therapy), speech therapy, surgery.

On the basis of internet statistics one might say that this is the TOP 5 of the most popular therapies:

MASSAGE therapyPHYSICAL therapyOCCUPATIONAL therapySPEECH therapyACUPUNCTURE

Ive been doing this for a couple of years. If your having a mid-twenties crisis you should do the same.

Some people are blessed with a relatively happy childhood. A safe home, good-enough parenting and a robust native temperament see them through their early years into a reasonably well-adjusted adulthood. Those folks can perhaps disregard the rest of what I have to say. I salute them and their parents (and the grandparents before them).

There are those of us who meet the world with fear and trembling, who drink of the cup of self-hatred—and drink deeply. To some extent, it’s the human condition. But to some extent it’s not.

We haven’t grown up all the way. We learned the wrong things. We keep repeating behaviors that never worked too well because we’ve become too rigid to risk a change.

I think we need therapy. If we don’t get it from a therapist, we’re going to try to extract it - sometimes in surprisingly unhelpful ways - from family, friends, and lovers at home, and from colleagues and bosses and employees at work. Those people have every right to expect that you ought to have learned to take care of yourself by now.

I just finished a two-year course of therapy. I finished, not because there’s nothing more to do, but because I’m moving away.

Therapy is often spoken of as a “cure”, but perhaps the medical metaphor is only useful to a limited degree. Therapy isn’t like an operation or a course of antibiotics. It’s not like painkillers or symptomatic treatment. In my experience it’s more like weight training or language lessons.

Those who spend years studying a foreign language learn how problematic the question is: “Are you fluent?” At least in the U.S. it carries a connotation of closure: It seems to suggest that learning a language is a task that can be neatly finished.

You’re never finished learning. But really, that’s not such a bad thing.

Good thing I’m not supersicious….. My first appointment is this Friday! Yay for insurance coverage….