04-16-2020, 10:06 AM
(04-16-2020, 01:49 AM)EvolvingPhoenix Wrote:(04-15-2020, 06:25 PM)sillypumpkins Wrote:(04-15-2020, 12:46 PM)Agua Wrote: Btw, you might find at a later point in your journey that a therapist is, by design, usually subject to projection
That actually is one reason why it can be so helpful!
Yep! It's a two-way street, a lot don't realize this.
I have friends and family who have claimed "therapy doesn't work for me," and it's like... okay fair enough, but are you putting anything into it?
Is that ACTUALLY a question? I don't think it is.
It's an assumption. And it isn't a fair one.
I hear what you're saying.
However, I am speaking only of my experience and I apologize if I was a little clumsy in expressing that.
In my personal experience, friends/family who have mentioned this to me are people who I know are timid about looking at their emotions from a "distance".... if that makes sense. People who have gone to therapy, thinking it will "fix" them without any effort on their part. So that is where I was coming from with that question. It was directed toward those in my personal life.
With that being said, you have given me something to think about in regards to the effectiveness of conventional therapy.