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Your anxiety didn’t start in adulthood.
It started when you became "The Good One."
People-pleasing is harmful.
It rewires your brain and fractures your sense of self.
Here's what most therapists won't tell you: 🧵 https://t.co/hzaXCRFcEz
my therapist has changed my life in a different way than mindfulness/psychedelics have. there’s all this stuff your parents implicitly taught you about how to relate to others that is really worth working through with someone great in order to improve your relationships. however I think the average therapist is basically useless
Avax.comTherapy is hard work—and not just for the therapist. That’s because the responsibility for change lies squarely with the patient. If you expect an hour of sympathetic head-nodding, you’ve come to the wrong place. Therapists will be supportive, but our support is for your growth, not for your low opinion of your partner. (Our role is to understand y
... See moreLori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Therapy is an invention devised to correct the substantial difficulties we face understanding ourselves, trusting others, communicating successfully, honouring our potential and feeling adequately serene, confident, authentic, direct and unashamed.
Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
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I’m not anti-therapy.
I’ve been in it and benefited greatly from it. But I’ve also seen how many people get stuck there thinking that personal insight is the whole journey.
But what about when you still don’t know how to repair? What about when you’ve intellectualized your trauma but can’t h... See more
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