my suspicion is the people who argue against therapy by saying, “just talk to ur family and friends!” don’t actually talk vulnerably to their family and friends
they’d be singing a different tune if they did
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yeah i’ve never understood this. i think their real objection has to do with dignity. like it feels undignified (to a certain kind of person) to need to pay someone to talk to you, the same way it feels undignified to need to pay someone for sex
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Well the other thing is skepticism about whether or not a “therapist” can actually help
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if that was the objection you could ask people you know about their experience with therapists, there are lots of ways to become better informed. if the real objection is about admitting weakness then you will actively refuse to seek out information about how helpful therapy is
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I think part of the barrier is seeing people you dont respect (or who you otherwise see yourself as fundamentally different from) rave about it and thinking “yeah thats the type of person it helps”. Unless you identify with them at core, their opinions dont really matter.
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it dooo be like that sometimes huh
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Yup. It clicked for me when speaking to a friend who i respect describe his experience. The avenue by which it helped him was markedly different from how others describe it helping, and was much closer to something I could identify with.
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The problem I see is confirmation bias. People who esteem talk therapy and promote it invariably are it's chief consumers, which is why you see it extolled so much in academe and cinema.
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