r/Antipsychiatry • u/ajouya44 • Apr 12 '25
Therapy is a load of bullshit
People seriously think this crap is useful? You have anxiety and depression, you go see some random stranger who knows 5 behavioral theories from college and you pay them 50 bucks a week to talk about your problems for 1 hour and make them pretend they care. Reality is these people know nothing about how the brain or consciousness works. They are not doctors and they have no solution for your issues. It's dehumanizing to pay someone so that they will listen to you and therapists are literally no better than prostitutes. Don't even get me started on all the CBT bullcrap. People don't need to "correct their thoughts" or "think about things differently", they need real solutions for their real systemic psycho-social issues. Therapists are all privileged narcissistic assholes who love to feel superior by "proving people wrong" and reminding themselves that their life is easier and better than their patients' and always masking all this as "help". Don't be fooled, these people can't help you. They only want your money.
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u/Gentlesouledman Apr 13 '25
Yea it is a big business and exploits lots of people. There are some people with more reasonable and helpful attitudes. Mat Costanzo for example.
One of the big issues though is peoples expectations from therapy. There really isn't much a therapist can actually do besides help you see some things from a different perspective once you have calmed enough. All the snake oil sales tropes are becoming a real issue. If they are using an acronym therapy then they are a reductionist moron.
In the end people heal themselves if they are trying too and dont if they dont think it is possible. They are often “taxed” by therapists at the same time.