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Originally Posted by tabs
So U really went in and had your head shrunk down to the size of a pea? How did that make you feel? Can U tell us about your experiences? In what ways do u think it helped you?
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I blame my mother...
I had two different therapists starting when my marriage started going south. The first was great - down-to-earth, fairly positive but didn't let me get away with anything. Went to her for about 5 years (before-during-after divorce). She helped me figure out why I was having the thoughts I was having and making the decisions that I was making. She also helped shine a light on some pretty ugly stuff that one tends to gloss over, rationalize, or ignore altogether. It turns out that the subconscious though doesn't forget and can extract its revenge.
The second therapist was a ball-buster - very cold and austere. She was of a certain school that was heavily into dreams and psychoanalysis (an offshoot of Jungian). I went to her for about a year and a half until I reached a point where it was actually going the wrong direction. Therapy is a weird beast - the goal of the therapist (who is also a business person) is to have you eventually not use their services. So it is tricky to figure out when to disengage and work on your own. In my case it was tied to a relationship so it was a little easier to make that decision.
I haven't met anyone who couldn't benefit from some good psychotherapy. But plenty of people do just fine without it. It is pretty amazing to be able to connect things that happened decades ago pretty much directly to actions you take today. The human mind is whack...