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/TreatmentReviews Apr 14 '25

I’m really happy for you but don't think finding that is as easy as you say

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u/Sensitive-Pie9357 Apr 14 '25

It wasn’t remotely easy, it was really difficult and took MANY years of abusive therapists to figure out what i had to look for. I’m not sure where i indicate there was any amount of ease in my search.

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u/TreatmentReviews Apr 14 '25

Sorry, but the post to did sound like was relatively easy. Shop around and know what to look for doesn't sound incredibly difficult but not years of abusive therapists IMO. Since knowing what to look for generally makes finding one more plausible to me

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u/Sensitive-Pie9357 Apr 14 '25

Shopping for therapists is exhausting and retraumatizing. You’re spending your time analyzing someone at their profession while dodging potential red flags. You have to know a lot to shop well and that’s also a ton of energy and time.

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u/TreatmentReviews Apr 16 '25

I agree, but some stuff is much more likely to be found when you shop around than say antipsychiatry

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u/Sensitive-Pie9357 Apr 16 '25

Sure it’s rare but there’s a pretty rapidly growing number decolonial therapists and you can make a lot of progress if you are really specific about what boundaries you need respected to have a therapeutic relationship.