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FEETDOWN
This is way off topic, but touches on something I've been thinking on lately. Are there a shit ton more people nowadays seeing therapists or do I just know a bunch of crazy people?
I'm not talking about couples therapy for dealing with marital issues or therapy to help folks that are dealing with real mental health issues or traumatic things that have happened to them. I'm talking about folks (mainly women) that are just paying people to listen to their every day life issues. What ever happened to mental toughness and/or reading your bible more when you're going through a rough patch? (Don't answer that, I already know)
Similar to many other systems, institutions, and ways of thinkings, the failure of the former way of doing things has become self-evident and unignorable. Everyone has trauma. Some are bold enough to admit it and deal with it, others suppress under the guise of mental toughness while using alcohol and other coping mechanisms to keep those demons in check, perpetuating their disfunction on their partners and traumatizing the next generation, while their bodies' self-destruct in the form of auto-immune diseases.
Fortunately, it's becoming more mainstream so that the followers and late adopters can feel comfortable enough to give it a second thought.
ETA: look no further than statics on veteran domestic violence and/or suicide rates to understand the fallacy of mental toughness. There are various mechanisms/strategies, innate and learned, that can help us survive in the short term, but the bill comes due, always.
Last edited by everlast; 11-13-2024 at 03:10 PM.
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-Samuel Adams
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