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> Therapy would take away productive time :)

I'm not sure if that's a joke, or not. But if you sincerely mean it - I put it away for years and now I feel like an idiot for wasting a lot of my time fighting rather than actually addressing my issues. This would've been the most productive time investment I could've done a decade earlier.

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On the other hand, I've seen a handful of therapists, three of them for longer than six months and really, they've done zilch for me. A waste of money in hindsight. Reading helpful books and really applying the good ones (for me) has helped me more while costing way less, aka bibliotherapy [1]

That's great that therapy worked so well for you, but don't make it out to be a panacea for everyone.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788928/#:~:tex...

> Reading helpful books and really applying the good ones (for me) has helped me

Which books do you recommend?

From the article linked: > The most common books used were Feeling Good and Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step by Step Guide.

It’s not a panacea but it’s probably worth at least trying before dismissing it out of hand. Much like going to see any doctor.

isn't the complaint that people are not willing or able to delineate who or what it's actually useful for? it seems like it could save some people a lot of time and disappointment.

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