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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has your wife given any specific examples on why she thinks therapy would be beneficial?  Are you taking your stress out on her or the kids verbally or physically, drinking too much, isolating yourself etc?  I feel like there must be a reason she's suggesting it if your previous experience wasn't helpful.  
Cognitive behavior therapy could be more helpful to you since it is shorter term and usually involves developing goals and better ways of coping with problems rather than being just talk therapy or psychoanalysis.  You also might relate more to a male therapist.  [/quote]

I don’t drink, I don’t abuse anyone… I’m just a normal person, who sometimes has a tough time. I’m willing and have taken medication for anxiety, that’s helpful. She just is a big believer in the idea that if something isn’t right in your life it must be because you have some buried problem that you need to work through. She has gone to a therapist and talked about HER parents, but it’s all a bit of a mystery to me, because they’re not that super deep in their dysfunction. I just don’t see what the point of rehashing things, but I don’t mind if she does.

I just feel like am I missing something that other people are getting out of therapy? My conclusion is no, some people just have a hard time examining themselves.[/quote]

Obviously you have underlying issues with your parents not being the greatest, you need to unpack that [/quote]

Yeah, this thread is sort of reinforcing that some people just have a deep attachment to therapy and possibly have found it useful themselves and just as I don't see how it could be helpful for me, they don't see how it couldn't be helpful.[/quote]

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