How do I be more receptive to mental health counseling so I can actually get it to work for me?

Sorry, I thought it was this animation.

Like therapy?

>>33361791
Well, yes, I'm not asking what I should do for myself, I mean how do I make what I am doing for myself actually take hold.

I feel like there's some resistiveness to either being truly open to the counselors I speak to or am bad about applying the advice I'm given. Right now I feel like I'm not advancing in my pursuit of feeling more optimistic or motivated.

Most progress is not noticeable. Life isn't like a
video game where you can constantly measure
and watch your stats.

Just like for me, going to the gym. You will have
dismorphia, and you will always think you're
small. I've been going to the gym for years,
and I still think I'm small. I only ever notice, when
other people tell me that I look big.

That's to say, you will never notice you passed
the finish line till you've passed it 5 times over.
It's hard to see that you're different person.

Just remember, you are not your thoughts, you
are the sum of your actions. What you do, makes
you, not what you think.

Just take actions that you know are right. Like,
I may see a baby, and think, I'm going to punt
that baby ("call of the void"). But I don't punt it,
therefore, I'm not a baby puntter.

>>33361900
It feels like it's been years of effort, though, through multiple attempts and solutions.

>>33361737 (OP)
Get receptiveness counselling.