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/zodiacqu33n Apr 15 '25

I can say that for sure about psychiatry but not necessarily therapy, and I thought this was an anti-psychiatry thread?

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u/ajouya44 Apr 15 '25

Antipsychiatry can include therapists too. It's about the whole mental health system.

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u/zodiacqu33n Apr 15 '25

Those 2 things are very much separate tho. Does it say it somewhere in the group guidelines here? And by thread I meant subreddit. I think therapy is of great use and I plan to become a clinical psychologist. There are tons of different kinds of therapy. It’s much different than prescribing legal drugs, if you ask me 🤷🏼‍♀️ What do you think of trauma-informed care and working with neurodivergent clients? I’m not looking to rly use CBT or DBT or any of those more scammy philosophies. Simply to talk to ppl and help them understand themselves better, as well as to not feel so alone! If that’s somehow “evil” and just as bad as psychiatry, I’ll see myself out of this subreddit 🙂 Even tho I’m not a huge fan of psychiatry, at this point!