Therapy seems like such a time waste

I have days where i feel like this. Like why go, im wasting my time and energy. Other days i really don't think about it. But then i have those days where i think man if i didn't have it i properly would of done something stupid. That's why I keep going. For those days

🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m not going to school for it just for the money. Truth is, doesn’t actually pay as well as people think. After all my schooling I’ll still only be making a regular middle class income.

It’s hard to find a good fit counselor though 🤗. Lots of different kinds of people out there. Lots of different kinds of counseling approaches.

The unfortunate reality is that counseling can’t help people who have already shown up deciding that counseling/counselors are bs. In general, you can’t help someone who’s not receptive.

It never helped me. Neither did any meds. Counselors and therapists aren’t angels, just people and often not even very nice ones 🫂

Have you been to therapy. And tried to make it work? And done what was asked of you? And stuck with it?

CBT isn't as you describe at all; in fact, it's precisely its opposite mechanisms that make it the gold standard in therapy. If you tried therapy and didn't like it, find another therapist. There are millions benefitting from some type of mental health work each day who can't all be wrong.

Honestly, I get more out of the therapists on YouTube and books. 🤗

I just watch my bird feeder. 🐦