Seems like therapists just nod and ask 'how does that make you feel?' while charging $100/hr. Has anyone actually been helped by therapy or is it just a meme?

>>33315564 (OP)
women need someone to listen

>>33315564 (OP)
not all therapy is talk therapy. cbt isn't about letting you ramble about steam of consciousness feelings.

>>33315564 (OP)
It's yet another jewish sinecure to leach off us.

>>33315564 (OP)
It's confession for atheists

>>33315564 (OP)
It depends. Unfortunately the compartmentalization of psychology away from philosophy has stripped the science of much of its original value. Worldview without clear dogma or perspective; relationships without personality. There are some good cognitive behavioral therapists out there but I think what most people need is a better relationship to themselves, and an understanding of how relationships with others are defined.

>>33315564 (OP)
Modern therapists are all soulless bugmen, and psychotherapy at large has become so "scientized" it can't help anyone anymore.
The OGs understood they were dealing with matters of the soul, but that was "debunked" in favor of weak affirmations and pharmaceuticals.

On the other hand modern talk therapy works great for the average woman, lmao. Progress!

>>33315564 (OP)
women and people without real problems (women) are helped greatly by it.

i think the greatest hit to psychotherapy is allowing anyone without a doctorate to practice it. more specifically, someone who has no underlying moral/spiritual/philosophical framework with which to provide actual guidance to people. instead it has been given to rando drained uncaring immigrant wagies who literally could not give less of an actual fuck. people need guidance and mentorship. unironically Jordan Peterson (pre israel shill impotent right wing era) was the type of figure people need.

In my opinion the existence of therapy and behavioral healthcare as an industry is a marker of societal decay. What causes people to need therapy is a lack of guidance and support from the people around them. it is the job of your family and community to provide you this guidance. well that doesn't happen anymore, there is no community and people couldn't be bothered to help you unless they can get paid for it. Things that society literally owes you are being contracted out to immigrants and faggot tiktok psych students.

>>33318555
This.

>>33315564 (OP)
>all depressed and shit
>think I might be a trans
>go to therapist with the goal of finding out why I feel this way
>just get affirmations, kind of assume it's a prelude to establish our relationship or something
>tfw they almost trans'd me before I snapped out of it
I don't trust therapists desu

>>33315591
CBT can be dangerous because the dommes into it are psychos and want to seriously hurt you. I agreed to let my dominatrix slap my balls 10 times and in return I could touch her pussy but I had to give up after the 8th slap because it was too painful to continue.

>>33315564 (OP)
No. While the only way to get someone to listen and respond in the affirmative is to pay its best to hire an expert in making you feel you matter.

A stripper at a gentlemans club is a great place to start. Be generous with the tips, relax and she'll make everything right with your world

>>33315564 (OP)

There's an old joke about a plumber who makes a repair and charges the guy $100. The guy complains that all he did was hit the pipe with a hammer. So the plumber gives him a new invoice "For hitting pipe with hammer $5. For knowing where to hit $95"

They don't just nod. A BIG part of their skill is in knowing at which point in your talking to ask you to elaborate more.

>>33318720
You're not wrong but theres also a part where you have find the therapist with whom you click. I personally realized that I didnt work well with female therapists.

Meme

>>33315564 (OP)
Thats a good question. I'm slowly losing my sanity due to my shitty life and I'm going nuts with the spouse I chose so I was wondering if therapy helps

>>33318866
Why? I click with people doesn't matter the gender. Especially on emotional stuff like psychiatry

>>33315564 (OP)
Me. But mine was a rare case of good (male) therapist of right wings ideas whose main doctrine was "stop ruminating and start touching grass, bro"

>>33318555
It bothers me that Asians are going into non-STEM stuff. They're really bad at it and yet someone out there is affirming them. It's like Affirmative Action culturally.

>>33318561
Its called the Times of Noah effect.


If the majority are non-white and non Christian, there are not enough good people to cushion the societal comfort.

>>33318615
The power of suggestive propaganda. Glad you escaped before you got castrated.

>>33318720
Thats true.
The other comparison I've always used is theyre like a personal trainer.

There's nothing they can do for you you can't do yourself with the right knowledge, but youre making it a lot harder on yourself if you dont really know what youre doing, and its impossible for you to help yourself if you know fuck all.
Meanwhile theyre actually trained in what works and can just hand it to you and help you through it.
>>33318866
Also an important point, but also, some therapists are just garbage. Also a problem with a lot of education is ideology entered the space. A bunch of Tumblr kids went into mental health. Nothing worse than someone in a field that requires critical thinking who is totally unaware of their own biases and perception.

T. Studied clinical psychology in 2007 before people went kind of retarded with mental health.

>>33319406
I cant talk certain topics with women

>>33319801
How do you feel about that?

not only that but coupoles therapy is actively about the woman callin in an "authority figure" to cuck her man. Couples therapy is LITERALLY cuckolding. Straight up

>>33319894
Its normal. One topics for men and one for women.