Therapy sessions at school? NO THANKS

Well, i assume they can’t force you so just refuse it. Of all people i figure a psychology teacher should understand why you don’t want to do it (if not, i’d wonder how she got her title in the first place). I haven’t been to group therapy many times but i can see how people could get uncomfortable with it. Sharing your issues with people you don’t know is weird (at least in here you get to keep your identity concealed).

Yeah, i figure in a way it’s inevitable for them. They have to assume that your issues are only fixable by mind hacking you, because it’s easier to assume that you can change someone elses mind and go with the “book” answer. I just read about projecting (never had a clear grasp of what it is) and yeah, just seems like an easy way to play with the facts and mind hack you.

I have to point out tho, when i was finding out about the courses i asked about the age limit (if it’s even advisable at my age, past 30), and funnily i was told that it was better and prefered, since most young people who study psychology just go by the book and that’s it, since they have no real life experience. Made sense to me.

Just once i met a psychologist that helped me in a life crisis, by having an honest conversation that lasted little more than an hour, in which he helped me find my own answers, and we agreed i’d come back if i couldn’t put them in practice (back then), but i assume he’s part of the minority. “You are smart enough to figure out that you know what you need to get out of this by yourself, and anything i could say about this situation you already know” (words that i guess i’ll never forget).

I have to admit tho that one of the reasons i got interested in psychology years ago is because i was never able to understand people. I could see some actions coming from miles away, yet i did not understand them. Now that i do a bit, i wish i still had that ingenuity in me. Sorry for the wall of text 😀

Yeah, in that sense he was honest, and it was what i needed to hear back in the time (and it also turned out to be true in that particular setback). But i see the duality there.

And as you point out in your case, that’s one of my setbacks currently, knowing that i could respond every argument a psychologist might throw my way, since i’ve gone through everything a million times in my head (and situations outcomes have proven it further). I don’t consider myself to be really smart, but at times you don’t need a superior intellect to see where you are headed, just a bit of honesty and studying the possibilities.

In the end i’m down to either “believing” or not, because i’m not sure if there is such a thing as an unbreakable assertion. Just because you can’t dispute it doesn’t make it true or useful (depending on the case it might tho), and it won’t turn it into a solution (at least in my case). You could turn an argument around even by saying something like “sometimes shit just happens”, and you wouldn’t be so far off, lol.

That’s the final stand i guess. Do you ante up or just call it quits… feel like i’ve been there forever, going from side to side but still in the middle.