I live in Slovakia, so maybe it's batter somewhere else.
But, I had probably around 8 therapists during my life. Most of them did not help me one bit. I rarely received any advice or information. Usually it was more just talking to them about my life. For me it was like, I can't have friends irl, so I pay someone a lot to so they talk to me for an hour a week.
It seems most therapists I came across didn't know much about trauma, or asperger, or even depression. I don't know what they spend so many years learning. For example my last therapist did not know what is CPTSD, because I guess it's not a thing when you live in Slovakia.
I didn't recieve any usefull advice or framework on how I'm supposed to live my life. Everything I had to learn on my own using internet or observing myself. Nothing that I ever learned that helped me was from a therapist.
I'm not saying this to put down therapy. I think there are some good therapists out there that would be capable of helping me. But I think this job is incredibly difficult and requires a lot of talent, empathy and passion. Unfortunately most people don't have what it takes and then they end up only slightly better therapist than chatgpt. Most therapists are capable of handling easy cases, but actual trauma and depression is something they can't do.
Many people just say "get therapy", when you are suicidal. But it's not that simple. Most therapists maybe can get you over a breakup or mild anxiety. But not real problems like cptsd and the availability of good therapy is super low especially in countries like Slovakia.
But, I had probably around 8 therapists during my life. Most of them did not help me one bit. I rarely received any advice or information. Usually it was more just talking to them about my life. For me it was like, I can't have friends irl, so I pay someone a lot to so they talk to me for an hour a week.
It seems most therapists I came across didn't know much about trauma, or asperger, or even depression. I don't know what they spend so many years learning. For example my last therapist did not know what is CPTSD, because I guess it's not a thing when you live in Slovakia.
I didn't recieve any usefull advice or framework on how I'm supposed to live my life. Everything I had to learn on my own using internet or observing myself. Nothing that I ever learned that helped me was from a therapist.
I'm not saying this to put down therapy. I think there are some good therapists out there that would be capable of helping me. But I think this job is incredibly difficult and requires a lot of talent, empathy and passion. Unfortunately most people don't have what it takes and then they end up only slightly better therapist than chatgpt. Most therapists are capable of handling easy cases, but actual trauma and depression is something they can't do.
Many people just say "get therapy", when you are suicidal. But it's not that simple. Most therapists maybe can get you over a breakup or mild anxiety. But not real problems like cptsd and the availability of good therapy is super low especially in countries like Slovakia.
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