For those of you who see/seen a therapist,

And even more so, those who have been nagged by friends and family to see a therapist,

Have you ever had the same friends and family tell you:

"you better not talk about this with your therapist!"


Or

"You better not be telling your therapist about me!"

I mean, if they are doing something, whatever it is, that is causing you to struggle to cope,

Then what the hell are you supposed to tell your therapist?

And I mean, even if you are the problem and they friends/family members aren't,
Then how is the therapist supposed to help you identify that so you can work on it if you don't tell them anything?

So what the heck was with the nagging me to see a shrink if you don't want me to talk about what's bothering me?

It's like: "we want you to seek help, but don't want you to receive it"