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Originally Posted by Lauliza
People here are very supportive when posters write about their negative therapy experiences. I think things get contentious when other posters make generalizations about therapy as a profession or of therapists in general. Posts claiming all therapists gossip behind clients backs, aren't as intelligent as other people, or that clients are cultish just isn't very nice, in my opinion. It's the same with the medication debate. It's true that medications have adverse events and some people shouldn't take them. Still, there are other people who are helped immensely. Debate is great, but when the tone becomes judgemental then it's no longer a discussion and becomes an attack.
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You make a generalization about people being very supportive of posters writing about negative experiences. I did not find this to be true. I see a lot of people who try to write about negative experiences run off the board which is why a private board was created.
I also see many, many generalizations about how therapist WILL help with this or that. "Just talk to your therapist. He will help you through it." I see statements like this all the time. Those are generalizations which are never disputed. Fine for one "side," but not the other "side." It's become merely interesting to me. I don't care nearly as much as I used to. I have my firm opinion that therapy is harmful and others have firm opinions that it helps. We are allowed that. Leave it up to the moderators what gets deleted. I think it's wrong when we try to police each other. (which i am sort of doing right now. LOL. But I do think it's just best to report stuff you think goes against guidelines and let them decide.)