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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by Aaargh20318 on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:29AM (#17540733)
> Then what do you do when your parents die?

The money should be there (e.g. in a trust fund) before conception.

> And someone else is supposed to take care of your parents while they are taking care of you?

Yes, their parents, obviously.

Nothing really changes relative to now for people who want to reproduce, instead of paying for themselves they pay for their children. Only people who are childfree benefit, which is a nice incentive to reduce the population.

> you need to take responsibility for your own life at some point

No, I do not. I didn't create this life, how can I be responsible for it ?

> On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism

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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by jm__87 on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:56PM (#17545513)
Sigh, well if you really want to be depressed, I suppose it's a free country. Speaking as someone who used to be depressed, all that depressive realism stuff is total BS. When you completely filter out all the positive aspects of everything and focus on the negative only, you're just not seeing the complete picture.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by Aaargh20318 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:32AM (#17547755)
I’m not depressed though.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by jm__87 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @07:50AM (#17549009)
Okay. What were you doing CBT for?
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by Aaargh20318 on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:09AM (#17556274)
I’m not doing CBT anymore. I used to for autism related anxiety issues but I stopped with therapy after my psychologist told me there was little left he could do for me.

Basically, psychology is just modern day quackery.

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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by jm__87 on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:13PM (#17559644)
As I do not have autism, I cannot relate to your viewpoint. It is possible that psychology is not going to help you - but it did help me and has helped many people, so I wouldn't be so dismissive of it. My advice for you after days of going back and forth on here: you should try being a bit more open minded. I've met a lot of smart people who are right about a ton of things related to their area of expertise who think that this competency carries over to other areas where they are less knowledgeable. It's best to avoid being one of those people.
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