Anyone ever visit a therapist?

Did it help and did you gain any valuable life skills that would be worth the monetary cost of going to see one?

I haven't been to one yet but I have an appointment to see one next week. I have no serious problems that I know of but I'm going to mostly improve some of the negative traits I have that are most certainly holding me back in life. I'll be paying out of pocket and it looks pretty expensive.

So, will it be worth it?

Nope. I keep my problems and stresses bottled up inside me where they can fester and boil.

No, and you should be ashamed for even considering such a thing, let alone actually doing it.

Nope, never been.

Nope.

Hope it goes well for you, though =]

Did it help and did you gain any valuable life skills that would be worth the monetary cost of going to see one?

I haven't been to one yet but I have an appointment to see one next week. I have no serious problems that I know of but I'm going to mostly improve some of the negative traits I have that are most certainly holding me back in life. I'll be paying out of pocket and it looks pretty expensive.

So, will it be worth it?

junglist101

You sound very aware of your strengths and weaknesses. I don't think a therapist will help you much since you already KNOW what's holding you back.

I would suggest just doing 1 session. If you don't get a roadmap or a mind-blowing epiphany from the first session, I'd cancel and try to work things out on your own.

Therapy helps people more who are "lost" or "desperate" or simply not functioning in a manageable way in general - you don't seem to fit either of those definitions. But, I don't really know you to be able to tell you for sure.

Don't waste your money if you don't feel like it's going to go anywhere.

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Did it help and did you gain any valuable life skills that would be worth the monetary cost of going to see one?

I haven't been to one yet but I have an appointment to see one next week. I have no serious problems that I know of but I'm going to mostly improve some of the negative traits I have that are most certainly holding me back in life. I'll be paying out of pocket and it looks pretty expensive.

So, will it be worth it?

Netherscourge

You sound very aware of your strengths and weaknesses. I don't think a therapist will help you much since you already KNOW what's holding you back.

I would suggest just doing 1 session. If you don't get a roadmap or a mind-blowing epiphany from the first session, I'd cancel and try to work things out on your own.

Therapy helps people more who are "lost" or "desperate" or simply not functioning in a manageable way in general - you don't seem to fit either of those definitions. But, I don't really know you to be able to tell you for sure.

Don't waste your money if you don't feel like it's going to go anywhere.

I saw one pretty regularly for two years. I think I broke her. :( megagene

Yeah, I have, mostly therapists helps people realize that they have a problem if they have one, and help identifying where and how it came to be.

It is not some kind of miracle that is being performed, at most you can learn different tools to help with the problems. Some people can get alot better simply by talking about problems, so the results can differ from person to person.

Going into such sessions with a negative mindset will result in nothing tho.

Thanks for the advice. I will be very carefull to make sure I'm getting something from it. Although I have insight into many of my problems, fixing them myself is much harder than just recognizing the problem itself. Some people know they're crazy but that doesn't stop them from being nuts LOL.

junglist101

I wouldn't take his advice exactly. Typically, the very first session of any therapy is called an "in-take session." You're therapist will likely say little or nothing while you just talk on and on about whatever you want to. You're not going to get much in the way of therapeutic advice in the first session.

A large part of the in-take session is so that psychologist can just evaluate you at a "natural state", witness any odd behaviours, look for specific or repated usage of words, types of topics you bring up (family, job, dogs, seeing images that arent real, etc), relevancy of topics (if you ramble or always stick to the point), and the like.

They gave me an appointment to see one back in 4th grade. I never went.

Yes. And it was very helpful. I was about 18 and had what I thought was all sorts of problems The therapist helped me work through them and convinced me that I was really just a normal 18 year old.

I can't tell you how much better that made me feel.

I hope it works out ok for you.

Never seen the rapist before

I saw one when I was 18 or 19. He didn't help in the slightest, but looking back it was probably because he just wasn't very good. I didn't think he could really comprehend what I was feeling and kept my true problems hidden. I stopped going after about 3 visits.

No, but I know a few users who should.Fightingfan

i found talking to a stranger to be relaxing and theraputic as odd as that sounds(did i spell that right?)i still touch base with my therapist every now and again

no, therapists are for crazies, and like a real man i no how to handle my own problems w/ out talking to some shrinkie dink.vegeta420pwngod

I saw a therapist for a while (but it was paid for by my school). She did really really help me at the time. My issues might have been a bit more serious, though.

I don't see how it can hurt to try one session, and if it is useless to you, well at least you tried and you can put your curiosity to rest. And if it actually helps you, well then that's a plus and you can decide if it is worth the money to continue or not.

I did for a few years. Didn't really help so I quit going.

Nope. I keep my problems and stresses bottled up inside me where they can fester and boil.

Oleg_Huzwog

Nope. I'd like to sing a song to one though.