Am I wrong in believing that going to a therapist will just end

I went to a therapist. We would just shoot the shit and talk for an hour or two, not really talking about my problems at all. I thought he was just trying to act as a friend, but really just made my problems worse as I felt I wasn't getting any real treatment for my problems. Eventually I just got over it myself, i really don't know how. Don't take medication though, that was probably the worst thing I did.

>>18370805
Yeah, I found this too. They just talk to you, give you no advice and hope you figure it out yourself.

When I was a kid, one even spent thirty minutes kicking a soccer ball with me. Imagine the audacity to charge for that.

>>18370881

I figure they knew that the kid was being forced by their parents to be there, so they took advantage and just went lazy mode.

I also knew as a kid that parents had a right to know anything being talked about in the session, which definitely did not make me want to share at all.

>>18370888
I wasn't being forced at all. I needed help and didn't get it.

>>18370805
>Don't take medication though, that was probably the worst thing I did.
what happened? i'm on some now

>>18370794

You're pretty wrong. I've been to multiple therapists in my life. /adv/ is going to give you one-size-fits all recommendations like the ones you listed, because honestly, they don't have any incentive to listen to your story. Whatever you post in one thread is going to pale in comparison to a therapist whose job it is to listen to your concerns and stories, and tie them together in a meaningful way.

I'm not saying they can "fix" your problems, but if you work with them constructively, it can be helpful. I've found that just having an intent listener is sometimes a really big deal.

The idea that therapy and medicine is going to lobotomize you is faulty. The therapist has probably dealt with the drastic concerns of patients in many forms and ways. They take note of what you say and your behavior associated with how you said it.

>>18371034
>The idea that therapy and medicine is going to lobotomize you
whoa wtf I never mentioned this yet somehow you pointed this out


is that you, NSA???

>>18371045
Some people believe medication and therapy is bad. That's why I exaggerated.

>>18371049
Counseling will also help with communicating more clearly. Take for example the exaggerated statement I said. Anyway I'm going to back away. I'm making this a bit awkward.

>>18370903
He probably had a reaction to it. I had a reaction to Paxil when I was in my late teens and had this labile episode where I started screaming at my parents for no reason. Weird shit happens with some people and antidepressants.

Cymbalta is a fucking winner, though. I've been on it for like six years, partially for back pain but also for depression. It's great.

>>18371049
I only made a thread about talking to a therapist because I know for a fact that medication is just going to chemically lobotomize me
I'm not interested in meds but multiple people have told me to go to a therapist, and I'm certain it's going to be just somebody I pay to have a conversation with, nothing will help, and I'll eventually eat a bullet

>>18370794
The point of therapy is to guide you to a better understanding of yourself - by seeing why you do destructive things (or don't do constructive ones) you can begin to change behavior at the basic causal level.

That's not an overnight process, in part because the therapist has to work to gain the patient's trust (thus the playing ball with the kid) and in part because the patient always walks in with an unconscious determination not to open up and face change.

Everything that previous Anons describes was the beginning steps in a process they quit before it could really get going.