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[quote=Anonymous]I had a crashout a few months ago-- work stress mostly, but also disgust for the political class and its supporters, fear for the future, and money anxiety (things are fine but if I lost my job I only have enough for a year of expenses before I'd have to hit up my retirement funds).

So I got my first-ever therapist. She's very nice. I tell her what I'm fretting about and she affirms that the situation is difficult. I explain where I feel stuck and she repeats the situation back to me, very sympathetically. If she were a bartender, she'd be going above and beyond. But I don't feel like I'm getting better? making progress? I'm no less stressed or stuck. I don't have any better way of coping. I used to be able to convince myself, for a while at least, that I'm very fortunate and it's not that bad and I should get over it. With her weekly affirmations, I can no longer gaslight myself.

So what would [i]good[/i] therapy look like? I don't even know what I want from it, or what's in the realm of the possible. Everyone says therapy therapy therapy for all our social/ emotional ills, but [i]what does that mean[/i]?? What is a therapy solution to modern-day malaise? Explain it like I'm 5. 
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