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What do you think of therapists?

Good thing? Bad thing? I always think they lose business if their patients get well. And also that so much is merely subjective. My mentor was a PHD MFT, and she said many people go into that field to fix themselves.

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bijouxbroussard · F

I don’t believe the theory that they have a vested interest in keeping their patients sick. There are just too many millions of people for that to make sense. And they can be and often are very helpful for short term issues.

FlowersNButterflies · 61-69, FVIP

I have seen many put physical and physiological conditions into the category of poor mental hygiene. For example, I have a medical condition which produces stroke. It is genetic, therefore untreatable and incurable. I have had many brain MRI's showing increasing debility, and that is physical and provable.

So I tend to dismiss therapists who don't learn the differences because we can't out-think stroke damage. Also, with that level of ignorance, medical records become filled with nonsense, but if you object to the nonsense, they claim you are resistant, and add that as a diagnosis. Gets old. My mentor died of breast cancer last year, and I miss her. @bijouxbroussard

bijouxbroussard · F

@FlowersNButterflies I’m very sorry about the loss of your mentor and what you’ve experienced with your illness. 🙁

FlowersNButterflies · 61-69, FVIP

Thank you. It has become very hard to be me, and so many like me out there.@bijouxbroussard