I had plenty of bad therapists, though not in the sense of trying to fabricate things and invent things that weren't there to begin with. One example would be when I had a therapist (over two years ago - while I was still in uni studying) who invalidated my needs and wants. So how it went was when I mentioned how much I needed and craved physical affection as a cope for life's shittiness, she told me that I was lonely and that I should do away with something that "had" been mostly helpful during my hard times (pretty stupid of her to say that and dismiss me imo), which in this case, physical affection. I was infuriated, frustrated, and felt even more helpless as well as drained. I would have been wise to just not have gone back to therapy at the time.
Going back and reflecting on my experience, I feel like it was quite naive for me to think that I'd get an legitimate answer/ground breaking solution (there was none except for a waste of time as well as added frustration and helplessness). I would have been better off just doing whatever I was doing and suffering through until I found my own "solution" even if it was a mal-adaptive cope.
Imho, even if there was a good therapist, it wouldn't have done me any good (I am only speaking for myself as well as people who think alike) as I already have the self-introspection to arrive at conclusions that I have already, I am honest with myself (or as much as I can, barring any short term irrational bouts), and also, they don't have the solutions, thus I am wasting my own time, money, and energy to gain nothing, yet risk an uninvited prying of my personal life as well someday saying the wrong thing or wrongthink that results in forced imprisonment/hospitalization/psych hold. It's like playing with fire, you might not get burned today or tomorrow, but someday and sometime, it can (and will) catch up to you.
