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Originally Posted by Argonautomobile
Thanks for this! I'm glad you bring up mental illness--I think it's around this issue that my T has been most actively instructional. He's certainly never claimed to have special knowledge about 'life' in general, but life with a mental illness? Let's just say I needed psychoeducation, skills for coping, information about the illness. And, indeed, who better to help than a professional.
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The problem I've faced is that I've never come across a therapist who was in a position to diagnose or fully understand my own so-called mental illness. They interpret my depression, anxiety, etc as purely a psychological/emotional phenomenon that I can either overcome or manage with the right behavioral and cognitive modifications.
But the brain is a physical organ. I have been diagnosed with some conditions that can affect it (via inflammation, toxin overload, nutrient deficiencies, etc). So therapy (also psych drugs) as a purported treatment might entirely miss the point. I guess this is somewhat tangential, but it's another reason why instruction in therapy has been problematic for me.