People want to Mention Mental Health.. but

@lumberjackslam Generalization. 👍🏽

@CheshireAzur 🤔 maybe but that's my experience so it's based in fact

@lumberjackslam So your experience should be applied to everyone? 🤔

@CheshireAzur well I didn't say all of them but 99% of them don't believe the bile they're spewing. do you have an opinion on it?

@lumberjackslam So if 3 people say the opposite, and that 99% do help and are good professionals, where does that leave your opinion?

@CheshireAzur I'm no statistician but that proves nothing because it's not a big enough sample

@lumberjackslam Ditto! 🤣

@CheshireAzur but you have big boobies

@lumberjackslam Deflection

@CheshireAzur no I just think about sex every 5 seconds

@lumberjackslam Good for you.

@CheshireAzur I thought about it another 6 times 😩

@lumberjackslam 99% of psychologists do not hate their jobs. Also, it's not typically psychologists who perform counseling. It's those with specialized certifications and specialties, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) or licensed mental health therapists. Psychologists tend to run wellness programs or perform testing and assessment.

So your unfortunate personal experiences with mental health do [i]not [/i]reflect the majority. Therapy has been proven effective and millions every day are benefited by it.

@Graylight I am talking about those who work for institutions. Not those in private practice.

The ones who take those jobs are in it for a quick buck. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to stomach the operating procedures of those institutions who basically operate a quickie clinic. Quick in quick out. Run to happy hour and laugh about it with your friends. Rinse and repeat.

Ok maybe 98%. are you a therapist of some kind?

@lumberjackslam "Those jobs" pay an average of [i]$34K [/i]a year here. What quick buck are you talking about again? When one chooses the mental health field and wellness field, they surrender to what will be a career of low pay or student loans forever.

There are some organizations who work mostly for profit with an eye toward the bottom line. Believe me, we're trying to rid the world of these. But thousands of other workers give up weekends, holidays, natural catastrophes with their families...all to minister to those in need of mental health guidance. They don't get 401K plans or Roth IRA's. They put up with dirty and sometime dangerous environments. They take the abuse a patient's family members will no longer tolerate. And they save lives. Each and every day. Not all, not even most, but some.

To answer your last, yes. And despite all those conditions, I choose still to work on the front lines because I once fought there, too. I'm not unique or singular - there are scores like me offering a hand out of the dark.

Yes, the industry, like any, if full of people who probably made a wrong career choice, but if you just look behind them, there are plenty of caring, skilled people. If your or a loved one's experience was poor, I'm sorry for that. Mental health should be exactly what that specific person needs. Anyone not willing to take the time to help figure out what that is doesn't belong in the game.