Well, what are the "lies"? You're beautiful? You're smart? You CAN conquer your demons / overcome your past - and find love and a satisfying future? That is what the definition of mental health is according to Freud. If we were told the opposite - if we had the opposite done to us - it was by people who wanted or expected us to fail, for whatever sad reasons of their own. Was that any more "truthful" than what a t tells us now? It's like the good-ENOUGH mother - you're beautiful ENOUGH, you're smart ENOUGH to do and get what you want; you're not lacking. That's what t is NOT lying about.