Are you in therapy? Why or why not?

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1. No. Because it is what it is.

2. no, because I am therapist

3. No. Cause broke.

4. No, because I’m broke, uninsured, Medicaid doesn’t apply in my state and community resources are strained beyond capacity. There’s nothing there, or at least nothing that’s applicable; I could *probably* find something that is a sliding scale therapy I could theoretically afford that covered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but that’s not effective for CPTSD and fucked me up hard the last time I tried it myself.

5. No, bc too lazy to find therapist.

6. No. Because I’m sane.

7. No, because I have no need for therapy.

8. No, I don’t need therapy.

9. No, don’t want too

10. No, don’t need it.

11. yes, alot of reasons and none of them good.

12. Not. It did me no good. Trying to get a psychiatrist appointment set up, hopefully that works.

13. Like others here, I’ve struggled to find or afford a good therapist. Furthermore, I find them to be overrated in the effort to combat depression.

    Yes, they are helpful. But they can’t provide purpose. They can’t provide housing or clothing. They don’t provide community or belonging.

    My strategy for addressing my depression is a combination of keeping at least one professional commitment going at all times, attending yoga classes, and having some kind of communal outlet on the calendar at all times, whether that’s a music festival or a plant medicine ceremony.

    On the daily, I try to practice a creative outlet for emotional fulfillment and to build up my self-esteem. Also meditate, albeit inconsistently.

    I’m not against going back to therapy. But right now, the path into the therapy room has too much resistance for what I feel it can provide.

14. Yes. I’ve been seeing a psychologist once per week for over 80 days now. Why? Because had a tough childhood and the household was very toxic and I have been struggling for years now. My last relationship proved to me that I got some traits of codependency and I want to fix that. I just want to get better in all aspects

15. No. I tried it before and it didn’t move anything forward, at all. I described my situation to the guy, he asked some questions. I answered, we met once a week for several months.

    There was nothing to “resolve” I guess. We’d talk about my conflicts at work, at home, with family, but there was never a single “Aha!” moment. He more or less just agreed that all the ways I was feeling were appropriate for the situation I was in… no advice offered. Maybe none needed? I donno… sometimes I feel like he wasn’t a very good therapist but I don’t know what I expected. Some people get a lot out of it, but I didn’t really see the point. After about 8 months I stopped going. In retrospect it was no different than any conversation I coulda had with anyone.

16. No, I don’t trust a stranger with my issues

17. No. Can’t find any around.

18. No. Don’t need it

19. Why should I be?

    Despite being depressed, its all a schtick to help you cope.

20. No.

21. Yes but not as frequently as I used to be. Used to be weekly now maybe once a month but I’m in a better place now mentally so thinking of maybe stopping for a bit and seeing how I do

22. No, time and money. I work 9am-5qm Monday-Friday. The same hours most therapists have available. Also it’s a lot of money. “BuT tHeRe’S a SlIdInG sCaLe!” Yeah, and that sliding scale is too expensive.

23. Nope. Never needed one.

24. No. It’s useless for me and very costly and not well covered by my insurance

25. No, because I don’t need it. My problems aren’t that bad.

26. No.

    I’ve gotten really lucky in life in that I have a generally healthy outlook on life and I don’t have much in the way of serious trauma.

    I’m sure there are some things a therapist could help me with, but in my average day-to-day life I am usually pretty happy and content. Not really haunted by much.

27. Yes and I’d rather not disclose why.