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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Therapist here.  Check your priviilege---it is far easier to maintain sound mental health when you are well resourced and have no genetic predisposition to or family history of mental illness and substance abuse.  Many people are not so fortunate.

Some people live in houses with a sturdy foundation and solid materials and they don't need to hire professionals to make major repairs.  Other people live in cheaply built homes (genetic predisposition to mental illness/substance abuse) with crumbling foundations (significantly traumatizing developmental years) --and they do everything they can to keep the house standing.  We've all hired contractors who suck at their jobs and make our homes worse---that doesn't mean we should never hire a contractor--just that we should be wary of who we hire--and quick to fire an underperforming or sketchy contractor.

I think some people are too quick to take what a random therapist says as gospel--but people also do that with teachers, auto mechanics, physicians, etc.

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Maybe you should check yours. Quality mental healthcare like what you describe is generally only available to those who are able to afford it. Most don’t take insurance so therapy is actually a luxury. What’s worse, is that, as another PP pointed out, you barely even know anything about the person you are meeting with the first time before you are stuck. [/quote]

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DP but I understand and agree with PP.  it’s so hard to find anyone that to see someone at all, you have to pay out of pocket and you have to give them a few sessions to see of they’re a fit. If not, you’re back to searching again or on a waitlist. It’s hard to get in at all so some people might feel like they have to make the best of what was available rather go without completely. [/quote]

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