Yes, there have been ups and downs since, and a couple of times I almost spun out, but was able to catch myself until I was able to get privacy and time to do the work while actually feeling the feelings. The point is, if you really want it, you'll do whatever it takes as often as possible.

I'm not saying self administered CBT alone fixed me, but it took me from unstable to manageable, and from there practice and experience got me pretty far. Also lsd helped.

So yeah, if you're too poor for therapy (and medicaid doesn't cover it in your state) self administer CBT/DBT then when you're more stable if you don't have a family history of psychosis pop a few tabs of acid

But also therapists are doctors, “people need housing not medical care” basically. We need all of them, holistically, every single resource we need to survive includes medical specialists. Would you say don’t go to an oncologist because the oligarchs want to die of cancer? What even is this logic

Also the oligarchs need therapy too for their psychopathy but their power systems wouldn’t allow someone non syncophantic in their circles so 🤷‍♀️ guess we all suffer cause of that too

If it is not the job others to attempt to "mend" broken hearts, whose is it?

I have a family member who gets angry very often. Things make him mad, I get it. The emotion isn't bad. However, he then starts yelling at everyone around and becomes hard to be near him. Anger isn't why he needs therapy. Yelling at those he supposedly loves instead of communicating why he's upset is why.

The newer Looney Toons received high adult content ratings for adult outbursts and themes.

Sidebar: the expression is 'case in point'.

If you’re told to go to therapy for “every negative emotion you have” it sounds like there’s more going on here than you just having them.

But when your fight-or-flight response kicks in during an exam, it doesn't help you do the exam, but makes it even harder. To be able to function in the society we've built for ourselves, it's necessary to be able to control our natural negative emotions without bottling them up entirely.