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To think that people overuse therapy as a solution for every problem?

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SnugOtter · 01/11/2024 20:35

It feels like therapy is recommended for every small issue - are we too quick to turn to it?

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MrTiddlesTheCat · 01/11/2024 20:47

You are being unreasonble. Seeing as the suicide rate in the UK is currently higher than it"s been since the 90s, clearly not enough people are using it, and we should be encouraging more to do so.

Iwantabrightsunnyday · 01/11/2024 20:46

Kinds

Craft3d · 01/11/2024 20:46

SnugOtter · 01/11/2024 20:42

I mean issues that might not seem severe, like feeling a bit down after a tough week or needing help with work-related stress. It feels like we’re turning to therapy for everything instead of trying to work through things on our own first. I think it’s great to seek help, but I wonder if we’re too quick to label every bump in the road as a reason to go to therapy.

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Literally nobody gets therapy for those things on the NHS and few people have the ££££ to go to therapy privately for serious MH struggles let alone for a bad week at work. 🤔

Iwantabrightsunnyday · 01/11/2024 20:46

Emotional litteracy, life coaching, learning how to cope with rejection, loneliness, all these kids do not require therapy, just the correct renewing of the mindset. But people still go to therapy , is this what you mean?

LetsChaseTrees · 01/11/2024 20:45

I think sometimes the point of therapy is to build resilience. So no, a bad week at work should not send you to therapy. But if you can’t cope with a bad week at work, then therapy could put you in a position where in the future you could cope.

concernedpuzzled · 01/11/2024 20:44

namechange1986 · 01/11/2024 20:42

What an utterly ridiculous thing to say. How can anyone rationally seeking help to discuss their problems be bad?

Because being too introspective can sometimes (not always) make things worse.

namechange1986 · 01/11/2024 20:42

What an utterly ridiculous thing to say. How can anyone rationally seeking help to discuss their problems be bad?

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SnugOtter · 01/11/2024 20:42

LadeOde · 01/11/2024 20:37

What do you mean by 'small issues?'

I mean issues that might not seem severe, like feeling a bit down after a tough week or needing help with work-related stress. It feels like we’re turning to therapy for everything instead of trying to work through things on our own first. I think it’s great to seek help, but I wonder if we’re too quick to label every bump in the road as a reason to go to therapy.

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XenoBitch · 01/11/2024 20:41

I don't know what you mean.
On MN, therapy gets recommended for lots of things. Great if you can afford it.
If you are relying on NHS therapy, then you are going to be very disappointed.

Craft3d · 01/11/2024 20:40

YABU. You will struggle to get therapy for anything on the NHS and it costs a fortune privately, money most people don’t have .

Icanthinkformyselfthanks · 01/11/2024 20:39

@SnugOtter , a LOT of people these days appear to me to be completely unable to cope with sneezing without a tissue.

LadeOde · 01/11/2024 20:37

What do you mean by 'small issues?'

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