Don't forget you're talking about your experience, your perspective. I had therapy from 1970 to 2005 and feel I'm hunky dory now. I can't know if I would be hunky dory now if I hadn't had therapy; I like to think that my therapist I had 1978-1987 and 1996-2005 was a help to me in my struggles. Ultimately, I feel we're all alone with our particular problems and have to figure it out for ourselves, with mere hints and "support" from other people along the way.

There are other people who are helpful. The tricky thing is finding the "right" people and accessing their "help".