Hello!

When I found out about my bipolar forever ago??? I was told” People with bipolar need therapy.

So?

I didn’t question this logic for 15 years. Yes. Therapy was absolutely beneficial to me.

BUT BUT BUT

I was misdiagnosed. Given bad advice.

AND since I paid out of pocket instead of let an insurance company determine my treatment plan?

I mostly had therapists working towards their licensure instead of having it.

WAIT!?! There’s more:

I went to therapy based on activism instead of therapy for a lot of my time in Los Angeles. Heck! I even took community based therapy classes for part of my breathwork electives.

EXCEPT

I was kicked out when I figured out they sold the victim mindset to keep their coffers full. They also advocated open hatred for others while insisting those individuals treat them with diginity and respect. Yup. Encouraing cognitive dissonance like this ensured their therapist couches were full. Such garbage.

Cuz there’s a huge difference between acknowleding people’s pain and encouraging them to remain there for a paycheck. No. Not every therapist does this cuz there are plenty of good therapists out there…

It comes down to the idea: Don’t automatically assume someone is amazing just cuz they’re in the healing space. QUESTION EVERYTHING…

Also at some point with my more green therapists? I’m now sitting with a really important idea: Do I actually 15 years of therapy OR one year of therapy repeated 15 times?

Enter DOREEN the therapist.

I’m going to draw from my various experiences to give her a role. No. I’m not necessarily saying that my lead Miranda has bipolar…

Therapy is far more socially acceptable than it once was. Better Help advertises on YouTube for fuck’s sake.

As always: Have a glamorous day for fun!!

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