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Old Dec 02, 2017, 03:38 AM
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I have three close friends who also either currently are in therapy or have been. One of those friends started therapy because of a traumatic experience we went through together. We talk about therapy among ourselves so often that we all know everyone's therapist's names, lol! But we don't usually talk about the "serious" stuff in therapy, we know that's for the therapy space and not things to burden friends with. But we share funny stories or quotes from therapy.

As for less close friends, I try not to be shy about therapy, but I don't discuss it. I used to tell my boss that I have to step out for an hour for a "doctor's appointment" but then I realized if I want there to be less stigma for those with mental illness then I have to help, so then I started telling the truth and telling him I was going to be missing work for a therapy appointment.

The only exception is my parents... they will never get any more than a "it's fine" out of me about therapy!
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