I'll always believe that anyone who can have access to therapy should be getting it, no matter what reason, because it's helped me a lot throughout my life
but also
as someone who's gone to therapy in four different points of my life: it didn't fix me. probably never will.

immediate problems and things I needed to get off my chest? sure, therapy helped me a lot with that

the more internal problems? my anxiety, lack of social skills, trust issues, maladjustment... those didn't go away, and were never TRULY within the scope

at the very least, if that's something therapy can fix, then I think it would've taken /much/ more therapy than I got. it isn't some magic button that makes your problems and traumas go away. It takes a lot of work, it's raw and painful. and your therapist is only human.

sometimes even they won't /get it/. they may misread you, or suggest things you've already tried. hell, maybe therapy has a limited effect on me exactly because one of my bad brain symptoms is that I'm self-judgmental and question my actions all the time...

no therapist ever had something revelatory to tell me about my mental landscape. everything they suggested was something I already knew. of course, they helped me clear my head to make immediate decisions, and I'm thankful. but they couldn't make me, like. not fucked in the head.

there's not much of a point to this thread. I guess I'm just tired of seeing people use "get help" or "try therapy" as some sort of smug gotcha over goddamn fiction
when what they really mean is "become normal or die trying"

also, man I wish I could afford therapy rn