Because theres lots of bad therapists out there that pollute the field and give it a bad name.
There are absolutely good ones too, but they are very hard to find under the best of conditions, much less when you are at the lowest of lows and desperately searching for a hand to pull you up.
I’ve also ended up in that hole. Desperately reached out for help, and found a therapist who was glad to take my money, hinted at disbelieving science, and ultimately spent every session fluffing their own ego and not discussing my issues at all, until the end of the last session, where she finally realized i was there and said “oh, btw, you’d just get better if you stopped being a heretic and accepted god already”
Its hard to self advocate when you are at the lowest of low, much less try to go through all the headache, paperwork, cost and hastle of starting over again with another one who could be just as bad.
And even if you manage to find a good therapist, Theres a chance that the technique/approach they use might not mesh with you and help you. So now you have to find another therapist, thats good, and uses a different technique.
Its really fucking hard to do at your absolute best mental health state, much less at your deepest and darkest.
Because theres lots of bad therapists out there that pollute the field and give it a bad name.
There are absolutely good ones too, but they are very hard to find under the best of conditions, much less when you are at the lowest of lows and desperately searching for a hand to pull you up.
I’ve also ended up in that hole. Desperately reached out for help, and found a therapist who was glad to take my money, hinted at disbelieving science, and ultimately spent every session fluffing their own ego and not discussing my issues at all, until the end of the last session, where she finally realized i was there and said “oh, btw, you’d just get better if you stopped being a heretic and accepted god already”
Its hard to self advocate when you are at the lowest of low, much less try to go through all the headache, paperwork, cost and hastle of starting over again with another one who could be just as bad.
And even if you manage to find a good therapist, Theres a chance that the technique/approach they use might not mesh with you and help you. So now you have to find another therapist, thats good, and uses a different technique.
Its really fucking hard to do at your absolute best mental health state, much less at your deepest and darkest.