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Iwantoutrightnow
Experienced
- Jun 27, 2019
- 274
I paid for an online therapy session this morning, not because of hopes for recovery but because i wanted to know why I coped so much better as a child when life when very difficult than I am coping now as an adult when life theoretically should be better.
I have always found mental health services in the UK to be somewhat belittling. They talk to you like you are stupid and confirm any thoughts of not being worthy. But this guy I spoke to wasn't like that at all and I can't help but wonder if the difference was because I was paying him. Obviously the people I spoke to in the past were paid but I don't imagine for a second that NHS hourly wages are anywhere near what I paid this guy. Or have I just been really unlucky over the years and I've stumbled across a good one and the money has nothing to do with it?
I have always found mental health services in the UK to be somewhat belittling. They talk to you like you are stupid and confirm any thoughts of not being worthy. But this guy I spoke to wasn't like that at all and I can't help but wonder if the difference was because I was paying him. Obviously the people I spoke to in the past were paid but I don't imagine for a second that NHS hourly wages are anywhere near what I paid this guy. Or have I just been really unlucky over the years and I've stumbled across a good one and the money has nothing to do with it?