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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their... by throw1234651234 on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:19AM (#34053850)
Just keep in mind that therapists are vastly overrated and are designed to help you accept where you are.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their... by tartoran on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:39AM (#34054140)
Oh well, accepting who you are helps end a lot of internal struggles which leaves you with a bit of leftover bandwidth to improve ones life and enjoy small bits of it. What is wrong with that? If one goes to therapy with the expectation of becoming a complete different person they’d be sorely dissapointed.

Therapy can solve other issues too but one should first accept who they are

Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their... by ryanklee on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:20PM (#34054697)
That's not anything to keep in mind at all. There are many different kinds of therapies and therapists. Lumping them together and writing them off is brutal and insensitive.

People need help understanding how to live. Therapists are trained to do that. Some of them are good at it, and some are bad at it.

But telling someone who is in need of structured introspection and practical cognitive and behavioral techniques to NOT go to a therapist is really pretty horrible.