As someone with anxiety, plz stop yelling!!!!!!!!!!!
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That’s not yelling, THIS IS YELLING!!
When people yell they don’t suffer from yelling, they are failing to regulate their emotions.
It’s all about how we frame it: to ourselves and to others. It’s about ownership.
People will literally self diagnose their ineptitudes and then use that moniker as an excuse for ongoing poor behavior instead of going to therapy.
Kids these days...
Back in my day ppl had to visit a paid friend, bask in a block of unconditional positive regard, and go home with an "all care no responsibility" label chosen for them by a credentialed expert.
Now kids with character flaws want to 3D print their personal custom label at home.
I blame the DSM-5. We should have made distrust of authority certifiable already.
Therapy can be invaluable really, but I think people take for granted that finding a really good therapist is key, and continuing the work/learning between sessions is their responsibility.
Saw a tweet recently that said kids now treat their self-diagnosis like it’s their horoscope or Hogwarts house and I can’t stop thinking about that lol
In antiquity, a flattering courtier could cultivate a king's narcissism, teach him he's special, and bring down a dynasty.
Nowadays, one can get a degree in this skillset, and bring the "benefits" to all of Western civilisation!
My first degree was in Psychology, but after a lot of volunteering and a little supervised practise I decided the incentives are structured horribly wrong. (CBT is quite valid, but a website can teach clients all they need to know.)
Therapy ought to be a secular form of Pastoral Care.
It isn't, though.
By the time I read this book I already knew what he was going to say: https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebfkjv2xdc6ma5msl3yg5no623syt4mu437jtb6ohfugqsknnmk2q?filename=Jeffrey%20Moussaieff%20Masson%20-%20Against%20Therapy_%20Emotional%20Tyranny%20and%20the%20Myth%20of%20Psychological%20Healing-Untreed%20Reads%20Publishing%20%282012%29.epub