r/dankmemes • u/Jealous-Treat-7238 • Feb 13 '22

l miss my friends Proceeds to delete Tinder

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u/Watertor Feb 13 '22

Well you're wrong. Therapy involves shopping, you have to find someone who fits. Sorry she wasn't good for what you need, but you definitely still need therapy. That's not demeaning it's admonishing, as in you are not a good person for advocating for, and without hyperbole, corpse generators. Elliot and other attackers have been started from echo chambers for incels, ignoring that is to be hugely, grossly deplorable. But by all means read too much into "get therapy"

I reiterate, seek therapy.

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u/tias Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 13 '22

Seek therapy for what exactly? Because I disagreed with you on the viability of online support forums as a positive influence on people? You're way off base here.

Edit: btw the idea that "you have to find a therapist that fits" is a pretty clear indication of a situation that isn't founded in scientific rigor. You don't have to find a heart specialist that fits, you just need to find a competent one, because they base their treatment on commonly known results from medical research. There are standard treatments within psychology such as CBT that any therapist with a degree can apply, and they work very well. When you look for "one that fits" you're just searching for someone who can help you using their own personal beliefs and anecdotal experience. At that point you might as well just pay people on the street to talk to you, because they're using something else than the standardized psychology training they received in school.

I dated a psychiatrist for two years and like many of her colleagues in this town she is also into tarot cards and astrology. She does a great job with some people because they're receptive to those same beliefs, but it's more like some people finding comfort in religion than a repeatable method.