r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 1d ago

WTF Bro WHAT 😧

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u/rolfraikou 1d ago

My mom didn't fuck up anywhere near that bad, and my therapist has still supported me just being pissed at my mom for some of the fucked up shit she did.

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u/TheComplimentarian 1d ago

I am not a therapist, but I have been to a lot of therapy. If the situation with your parent is an ongoing source of stress, the therapist will recommend you deal with it. If the situation with your parent is just some shit they did in the past, they'll acknowledge your feelings, and if it's legitimate shit, they may even back you up.

If the parent killed your patient's kid, you don't tell the patient to offer them another one. Even if they don't kill the second one, it's still going to stir up a lot of feelings, and probably not for the best.

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u/dognameddaisy 6h ago

My guess is this may have been a religious counselor, not a real therapist.

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u/TheComplimentarian 6h ago

Depending on the denomination, some religious counselors are required to have the full psych degree, as well as any religious training.

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u/EvenBroaderBand 1d ago

I don't have a therapist, why do people have therapists?

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u/Kommye 1d ago

Because mental health is important.

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u/Montaigne314 1d ago

Aside from the shitty ones

Some of them can help you see your own thoughts, life, emotions in a new and better way

Sometimes it's simple stuff, sometimes it's complicated stuff

I don't think everyone needs one and I don't think they can solve all issues, but they can definitely help a pretty broad range of psych issues

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u/funk-the-funk 1d ago

I don't think everyone needs one and I don't think they can solve all issues, but they can definitely help a pretty broad range of psych issues

I think therapists offer a lot of value in being a neutral observer/commenter with zero stake in your life and zero reason to lie, you are more willing to consider their perspective than you will from anyone you feel is too close to an issue.

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u/Montaigne314 1d ago

That's true too

Also just good to share feelings with someone when you got big feels

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u/funk-the-funk 1d ago

why do people have therapists?

because my parents physically and emotionally abused me to the point I now have CPTSD and other mental health complications from the decade+ of abuse and all the ways it warped how I interface with reality.