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    This seems like more of a Gen X attribute to me. I’m an older millenial, and I know heaps of people my age who go to therapy.

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      I dunno, this seemed accurate to me - not because millennials don’t want to go to therapy, but because they can’t afford to.

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        That’s an American thing. Where in from, health insurance covers it completely. But you’ll need a while to find a good, available therapist

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    What‽ Therapy is our thing. We can’t afford a house but by fuck we go to therapy even if we have to cut down on avocado toast

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      I spent $1500 of my student loans on it the first half of the year before realizing I qualify for sliding scale and now have medicaid covering everything… I’ve been kicking myself for the last month, but hey, I also realized there’s tons of food banks in my area so at least I’m saving money in a few ways now 😅

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        And just as PSA for anyone else, even if (or especially if?) not in the States, if your insurance doesn’t cover therapy, a TON of therapists/counsellors offer sliding scale. Don’t be afraid to ask.

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      Millennials most certainly go to therapy too, there is a shortage of psychologists and it ain’t the boomers going and genz can’t get a job with health insurance. I joke but that’s not really funny, now I’m sad, let me call my therapist.

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        I go to therapy every january.

        The therapist assures me that we will be able to deal with my intense and labyrinthine shit.

        The therapist suggests some pithy bullshit.

        Then my inaurance runs out for the year.

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      This is correct. Genx plays music loud. Millenials gently insert their earbuds so they can quietly listen to soft sad music and not bother anyone.

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        I’m a millennial who put his headphones on to loudly play music… to not bother anyone with it.

        Yes I have hearing damage. Not it’s not just from the music.

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    Millennials damn near invented therapy with all their mental wellness shit—tf is this post?

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    I always used to say to other guys who were freaking out about something on a job site “HEY! YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER WORK AND CRY IN YOUR TRUCK LIKE THE REST OF US!”

    9 times out of 10 they laughed and calmed down a bit. And like it happens when your working camp jobs and long hours, everyone gets frustrated.

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    Talking shit on here is my therapy. That and screaming at sky tempting god to show himself so I can kick his ass.

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    It’s the days you rawdog life and go home without music. Thems the days.

    Go to therapy y’all. Even if you had a perfect upbringing and zero trauma or adversity, you can still unlock more of your own potential and understand yourself better. Even an imperfect outlet like a NA group setting like is better than white knuckling it.

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      That “unlocking your full potential” sounds more like personal coach pseudoscience than actual medical practice, though.

      Be sure to go to actual collegiate professionals with a certified degree in psychology or psychiatry.

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        you can still unlock more of your own potential and understand yourself better

        Which is why I avoided saying “full potential” like it’s a life panacea and any failure to achieve 100% is your personal failure instead of the program’s.

        Yes please only go to board certified professionals for mental health and/or therapy, and please please puhhlease don’t make an LLM or authority figure like a priest your therapist…

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        I don’t disagree with what you said, but most therapists will have a degree in counseling or social work. Psychologists and psychiatrists usually do not work as therapists, although there are exceptions.

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          Too much of it and yet I also don’t care too much anymore. I’ve learned to just let things go. Forgive? Maybe. I’ll be nice to you. Forget? No, I won’t be betrayed twice by the same person.

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            Not trying to be a dick, but it’s gonna sound it: Yes, absolutely, just by that comment there are benefits worth the price. I hope you are able to seek the help you need dude.

            Till then try not to close down, it’s hard to open again after.

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              I’m only closed to people who have deleted several years of my life expectancy tbh. I’m pretty open to most people. Perhaps one day I’ll have time to get therapy. Till then I’ll have to vent to friends and strangers on the Interwebs. At least my friends and family are very supportive, so they know what’s been going on.

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        Sure, compared to food or shelter it’s in the ‘nice to have’ category. But for me at least it’s shown a lot of things that I would never have understood or probed deeply enough to address. Better relationships, more understanding of self/finding your actual self, handle adversity better, etc etc

        You don’t have to sign up for endless sessions, you can quite viably do a few introductory sessions and ask for takeaway homework/tools to use. Return as needed or when you’ve found a new topic that you feel needs work.

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        The most helpful thing about therapy, for me, was the ability to talk about things going on in your life with someone who’s not your family, not your friend, and has no skin in the game beyond trying to help you make healthy decisions.

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    Laughs from the generation where everybody and their brother installed an amp and a couple of 12-in kickers in their car.

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        non-secured bandpass box with 2 15’s and a ungodly oversized amp hastily wired in place, all in the trunk of a clapped out Chevy Lumina blasting Crazy Town - Butterfly has entered the conversation…