Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Do you ever feel stressed? Do you ever feel sad? Of course you do. You are human and it’s normal to feel bad emotions. You aren’t a robot that’s supposed to function on happy autopilot all the time.
Just as it is completely normal to feel negative emotions, it is also natural to seek out someone to talk to about how we are feeling. We often go to our close friends, parents, and other family members to talk out what we are going through. While this may help, this often leads to putting off getting help from a therapist. At first, this doesn’t seem like that big of an issue but Dr. Reidenberg points out that, “The earlier someone gets help, the easier it is to get through the problem.”
While you might like the idea of having a professional to talk your problems out with, you might also be thinking that your issues aren’t serious enough to see a therapist. In reality, anything that is lowering your quality of life, no matter how small, is worth addressing. Dr. Howe clarifies, “People go to therapy to cope with disorders, relationships, stress, grief, to figure out who they are, and learn to live life to the fullest. There’s no shame in wanting a better life.”
Another reason people are often hesitant to attend therapy is because of what other people think. While it cannot be ignored that there has been a stigma attached to therapy in the past, many people have grown to accept that therapy is a healthy way to address a real medical problem. If someone breaks their nose, no one questions why they should go to the doctor and receive medical help. Today, people are much more aware of the importance of mental health with over one in four adults receiving treatment in the last two years of their life and over eighty percent of these people finding their treatment effective according to a Therapy in America poll.
In the end, therapy is a great option and shouldn’t be written off for only extreme situations. Therapy can be beneficial to people in all places in life and with a more accepting attitude towards therapy than ever before, there’s never been a better time to try it out. Plus most colleges, like Boston College, provide free counseling services.
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