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Most people I know who are career-passionate about physical health are that passionate because they've been struggling with health problems their whole lives. I'm starting to think the same thing is going on with mental health professionals.

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Aella

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Yeah, definitely. I used to think people who were mental health professionals were sort of in the role as "teacher," where that means you know how to execute the task really well and show others how to do it too. But no, you don't have to be mentally healthy to be a therapist.

9:41 PM · Sep 17, 2019

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Which sort of makes me trust them less? Like how can I trust someone else to help solve me if they don't even know how to solve themselves, who they've presumably spent waaay more time on.

José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente

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There is some research into this I vaguely remember, psychologists are more neurotic than the rest of the population, wouldn't surprise me if a high interest in mental health comes from poor mental health

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You don’t have to be - mentally unhealthy therapists are abundant. However, the good therapists are truly experts both in terms of being a “teacher” and having first hand experience. You should be skeptical of each therapist, but not untrusting of therapy as a profession.