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[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 186 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I feel like I need to say that if this was your experience you had a really shit therapist and deserve better. I've felt like this with a therapist before and it's terrible. It's ok to drop a therapist over this and try a different one.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 69 points 3 weeks ago

Seem like just opening up to a friend and them questioning things. Doesn't sound like a proper therapist.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Mac@mander.xyz 24 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

You can actually say "ass" here, btw.

Fuckin' mainstream social media-ass comment.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No they're on .world so bad words like "ass" deal psychic damage to them.

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm on .world.

Ass.
Fuck.
Shit.

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

My bet is this is fake. A large part of incel groups is making sure no one seeks help, so they stay longer. If you demonize therapists then that's one more path to then existing removed.

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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 114 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Find a better therapist. Just because someone goes to school and gets a professional credential doesn't mean they don't suck at their job.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 45 points 3 weeks ago

Why talk to a professional when I can simply talk to my very normal, very mentally healthy anons on the green text site?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Even if they aren't bad at their job, someone who doesn't have enough similarity of life experience to have a basic understanding of what you're going through could be a bad fit anyway.

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 94 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Probably fake, but a therapist should never say anything like that. I'm in my 30's and a virigin, and no doctor, therapist, etc., has ever asked me anything close to that. And if they did, I'd be searching for a new therapist. Wouldn't even finish the session.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Uncle in therapy for second nervous breakdown. Therapist tells aunt that hell be a dead weight aroind her neck. Tells him to go fishing - he hates fishing. This was a recommended therapist from a good GP.

Another family member with past addiction and suicide attempts went to a different GP seeking therapy. Was told by the GP humans have been to the moon and can do anything so stop being so depressed. Wtf does that even mean.

Shitty people are in every profession.

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That's about the story of how am I about to try a fourth one in so many years. Gosh is it hard to find a good one ; taking the step to recognise you should see someone isn't the hard part. Picking up your phone and call one isn't the hard part. Fiding one that works for you is the damnedest hardest part of it, period.

Don't drop it. Keep trying.

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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Some doctors go to school for 20 years only to say the dumbest shit

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The older ones tend to still think that way.

One of my previous psychiatrists got kicked out being the head of his department because he was using his position to lobby heavily to keep Asexuality in the the DSM.

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[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

I may have once believed this would never happen but after a therapist once told me I was wrong for outting a pedophile I can't imagine this being that far fetched.

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[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 66 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Jesus Christ, that tops the worst thing I've ever heard a therapist say.

I heard a tale about a therapist in Iowa who after talking about issues with anxiety recommended eating brains shaped foods like, broccoli and walnuts.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the weather like in 1825?

[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sadly it was only 4 years ago. But Iowa does feel like that sometimes.

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[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

On today's episode of Bullshit That Never Happened...

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As someone who’s had a uh… not great experience with mental health care, this story is totally believable to me.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My wife should be in therapy but has entirely sworn it off after her last therapist would gossip to clients about other clients, especially clients who are related or know eachother well, and tried to play matchmaker, giving her contact info and sharing some of her struggles with another client of his who happened to be finishing up a prison sentence at that time. He runs his own practice because he was fired from the last one for HIPPA violations, and instead of being thankful his old boss didn't entirely ruin him he just is resentful that he got fired for engaging in what should be career-ending activities

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That therapist needs to lose their license yesterday.

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[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago

This is sadly all too believable but I'm happy for you that all of your experiences with therapy have been so positive that this seems impossible

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 45 points 3 weeks ago

She thinks you’re hot anon. Bang your therapist

[–] mizuki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had a therapist that eventually deemed me too dangerous to myself to be in their care, so she upgraded me to super-therapy where I have to go like 9 hours a week and work with a group and like 5 therapists but I still don't get much value out of it :c so yeah, therapy definitely isn't for everyone

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

sounds like providing good therapy isn't for every therapist

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That is one shitty therapist

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lots of shit therapists out there.

A friend of mine, his ex-wife's therapist encouraged her to have an affair. An old highschool fling reached out to her, and she was essentially perpetually stuck in highschool due to some intense trauma around that age. Therapist said to go for it.

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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago

No, that therapist is. There are shitty people in every profession.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Either:

A) boink therapist B) complain to professional body that therapist tried to seduce you

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (15 children)

This is a good opportunity to ask why sex work is still illegal (unless you're rich ofc) in the US.

We could basically end the incel phenomenon and deal a huge blow to the sex slavery trade overnight (and for very little cost to taxpayers or society) by making sex work legal and bringing it into daylight.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ftr Incels exist in Australia and they have a red light district.

Incels don’t want to pay for sex.

Don’t get me wrong, I think it should be legal too if for no other reason that it makes it safer for the sex workers.

But just manage your expectations of what sexual deviants expect as Sex work doesn’t put an end to that part of the equation. Buying sex is still available even if illegal and you’re still going to have sexual deviants,psychopaths and incels. For Those groups in particular it is less about sex and more about power (and often hatred for women) hence the toxic energy they bring into sex.

Another issue for some deviants is sex workers carry a degree of consent. And shitheads like that aren’t looking for consent.

incels may not be seeking for paid sex as much as they want more power top relationship towards women(or feel entitled to) but they are unwilling to work on their personality. So their problem stems not from sex but more from their personality and feeling unloved with the sex they feel entitled to combined into that.

You don’t bring that kind of hate energy for an entire gender just over being horny.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you want to deal with a problematic group, in this case incels, I don't think it's generally helpful to consider them a monolith. There's different clades in these types of groups that have different views and motivations. I think you're probably right, I did set my expectations too high there, but I do think that there's some quantum of incels who really do end up getting into the toxic shit because of the sexual frustration. I think it's probably much fairer to say that you could defuse at least a meaningful number of incels with legal sex work.

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[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 19 points 3 weeks ago

Phake n Gaie

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

she's trying to tell him he's a good looking nice man 😉♂️

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[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Weird. That's an awesome intrusion point to get into the depth of why they think they didn't succeed and from there ... piece of cake on the professional side, hard and emotionally tiring work on the patients side! What a shitty therapist. This was ist.. the trust check and she blew it.

[–] comfortablydumb@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You shouldn't criticize the nonexistent therapist.

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[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I went to five therapy sessions and it was like a speed run of college theory on CBT. Dude never stopped talking and we never talked about me or my problems.

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I find it funny how many therapy stories on this platform are about cock and ball torture (CBT). Is that an American thing because of health insurance? /s

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[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anon is attractive and has a shit therapist?

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Even knowing a shitty human therapist personally didn't shake me. It was dating apps. The amount of women I see that I'd run from at full speed, then notice they're therapists... Jfc (I 100% believe everyone should be in therapy. There are shitty physical health doctors too.)

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