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Originally Posted by anothercliché
From what I understand phschologists and therapists (I'm too dense to know what the difference is) help people who have been psychologically damaged or destroyed by an outside force. I haven't the outside world has been nothing but inviting to me, I'm just such an ungrateful lump of trash that I've taken the bounties of life and thrown them all back in its face. I don't think I am undeserving of professional help because I did this to myself, I was foolhardy enough to crash myself into the ground.
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Hey Another Cliche,
Ever read about people with body dismorphia? They might be really thin but they see themselves as fat even though other people will tell them over and over that they're
so not fat. Many times they're in what most would consider pretty good situations materially or family wise. Sometimes they have problems with trying to live up to perfectionist standards. Their are some fields of therapy that were developed specifically to treat this population. The psychologists did not bother wondering about whether they did this to themselves or not. No one would ever think to tell them to just cut it out.
I was once in a therapy group filled with Ph.D.s who had trouble handling relationships and just the day to day, life stuff that other people don't even think about. Many of them didn't see themselves as successful and saw themselves as trash.
Studies have shown that therapy can be helpful in improving the quality of some people's lives. Doesn't seem to matter what type of therapist or their training: clinical psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist. Weird thing is, it doesn't even matter what theory the therapist is using. The therapeutic relationship seems to be the key. Something about relationships can be healing and help create positive changes.
Just saying,
Swim