Has /adv/ ever sought professional help? What were your experiences?

I have... Long before I knew 4chan I was very depressed, so I resorted to a psychologist.
I went through 4 before finding the one I'm with now.
In my experience, it helped me A LOT... I started understanding my feelings better, realized that it was I who wasn't giving myself a few things I needed, while expecting others to give me those.
It gave me a lot of self-knowledge and maturity, helped me outgrow many childish thoughts, and it continues to help me develop as a person.

The psychologist I'm with told me 3 years ago that I didn't need therapy or help anymore, but I sticked with her, working to develop myself as a person. That's how much I loved it and how much it helped me.

I strongly advise people here to seek them, to not only find one and stick with it, but experience many approaches with many different professionals until you find the one you like, you see results.

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I was given a professional psychologist after a psychotic episode involving delusions, hallucinations, rapid thinking and planned suicide, and he put on meds that made me stop having hallucinations. That was alright.

Therapists are literally all feel-good bullshit though. I tried three different ones, visiting them regularly, and all were useless. The advice and support they give is not different from stuff you should get from close friends and family. They're emotional prostitutes for losers.