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What have your experiences with therapists/psychologists/mental health professionals been like? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Im not trying to call you out in any way here but it's genuinely hard for me to understand how "hit rock bottom" and "shopped around and found the best therapist I could" are not mutually exclusive things.

Please don't take this the wrong way. But when I think "rock bottom" it's not a situation that leads to seeking help on your own let alone having the capacity to investigate multiple potential solutions.

I guess maybe everyone has a different rock bottom?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I meant the term more as an expression, which would denote one’s personal lowest point, not necessarily how low a human being can possibly get. It might be possible to have a collectively agreed upon level of “true rock bottom,” but at a certain point I think it gets obfuscated - different circumstances and contexts might be perceived as worse or more challenging by others.