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Originally Posted by eskielover
Would you really trust someone struggling with their own problems they can't solve to be able to provide appropriate help so that you could heal from your problems?
yes. That is exactly what PC is.
Or would it just become a feeding frenzy with everyone feeding into each others problems....like being in a psych hospital & expecting the other patients to be the ones providing help? To me it would be like the "blind leading the blind"
yes. This is a bit of that, too.
Though those who have healed & learned may actually provide some useful insight but not like GOOD trained professionals IMO.
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If PC were a real life support group where we meet in person, I don’t think I would open up as much and others wouldn’t either. Plus there would be the element of judging people for what they look like.
If there were a professional running the group, it would be totally different. I like the dynamic here where the PC professionals only step in when things get out of hand.
I feel the dynamic of a community of strangers from all walks of life who share their knowledge and pain has really worked for me vs. the experiences I had with private therapy or group therapy.
Do the therapists say anything different than the wise strangers here?
The CBT therapist we saw did say something I never heard before. I did learn something from him. The others just left me confused.