Brendan Zabarauskas on Twitter: "@kamatsu8 @jonmsterling Ahh, thanks for the info! 👍 I would expect that a trained psychologist/counselor would be aware of this, but I've certainly heard some horror stories from folks who have been to bad ones. 😟" / Twitter

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Feb 3, 2021

I do agree that doing it with a professional takes time and investment, which is a privilege that not everyone gets, and it's an approach that doesn't work for everyone…

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Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

Feb 3, 2021

But yeah, I kind of see going to my psychologist as like going to the physio - sometimes it's sore afterwards, but I don't think it's ever something which would push me _further_ towards a breakdown, if anything it's the opposite.

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Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

Feb 3, 2021

Yeah, to be honest I don't know enough about it to know if that's a happens often - can only really speak from personal experience. Ie. the idea that engaging with mental health support could bring on a breakdown if stuff has been untreated for a long time.

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Liam O'Connor

@kamatsu8

Feb 3, 2021

I don't know from personal experience but I do know from talking to PTSD sufferers that it absolutely can do that and psychotherapy for PTSD can be quite a delicate process.

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Ahh, thanks for the info! 👍 I would expect that a trained psychologist/counselor would be aware of this, but I've certainly heard some horror stories from folks who have been to bad ones. 😟

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For PTSD part of treatment involves revisiting past traumas and processing them. This brings up a lot of shit, it's almost as traumatic as the original trauma, and can also uncover traumatic memories that were suppressed. So you really need to be in the right frame of mind for it

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Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

Feb 3, 2021

Ah yeah, that makes sense. To clarify, by 'aware of it' I was more saying that I'd hope that a decent psychologist would know that it'd be important not to go into that level of treatment if somebody has important commitments at the time.

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