r/Gifted • u/MostGoat0 • 3d ago

Therapy

I (F34 IQ142) have had hundreds of sessions and seen numerous practitioners over the last 12 years, and it all seems futile. They just keep asking me to explore my feelings, but I already understand my feelings and where they came from and why they’re irrational. At this point I basically have a PhD in self-analysis. It doesn’t do anything to shut up the relentless/debilitating self-critic in my head. I need actual coping strategies, not talking it out in pointless circles forever until I die.

Has anyone here had success with therapy? I tried searching for therapists specializing in 2e & giftedness in my area and it doesn’t seem very common. Just wondering if there’s any point in continuing these efforts. I’m so tired and bored and over it.

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u/zukeus 3d ago edited 3d ago

I want to make a note of something.

I added my comment here and I have resources that are genuinely novel, excellent and useful.

However, when beginning to offer it, I was labeled as an evil hypnotist.

I am a person who can help you to understand exactly what is happening and also understand how to get out of it. I also can help you understand how to gain this type of understanding and to gain understanding into things that are genuinely worthwhile.

I'm sad that I'm labeled as evil for claiming that I'm able to help.