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Originally Posted by Yearning0723
I agree 100% that therapy isn't a panacea. But in this culture, at least, what do you do when your attachment issues are so big that you can't form healthy relationships with other people because you either cling too much or find it too hard to trust people? I guess maybe in some Eastern cultures that might not be an issue; maybe everyone has someone they securely attach to, or maybe attachment theory doesn't even apply there (although I believe that the strange situation test is a cultural universal).
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I think therapy is a good option and I can see why specific types of therapy work better for specific diagnoses (sp??). There are lots of other good options too for mental health generally. Therapy & meds did nothing for me personally and I tried both for years. I found help elsewhere.
What stopdog said about people in other cultures having different priorities is interesting. I remember reading after the tsunami in japan (that was a tsunami right? I totally mix up my natural disasters.) that typically Japanese people ask the question "how?" as in "how do I get through this" whereas we westerners tend to ask "why?" as in "why did this happen?"
So, I think you're fine in what you are doing in your situation but we just need to be mindful that what works for us may or may not be the best solution for someone in another culture. They may have other priorities, questions and resources than we do.