#therapy zinger

[hexpatient]

[hexpatient]

therapy

[hexpatient]

in the series of unfortunate events show, a guy in the sawmill whos an optimist gets his foot cut off in a workplace accident and immediately goes "half price pedicures for life!!!!" and thats literally what therapists want me to be like.

[hexpatient]

psychiatry is literally like "anti-stigma reality check! studies show that mentally ill people actually arent any more likely than anyone else to be abusive or violent, and are actually more likely to be victims of abuse and violence. which is why we must contain all mentally ill people physically or psychologically because they are inherently abusive and dangerous, as seen in: evil crazy ugly person personality disorder, stupid idiot who deserves to die disorder, demon possessed disorder, and all others, as proven by science."

[hexpatient]

i spent so much time doggedly debating reality with those clowns i never just looked at them like this

i wish i had looked at them like this.

[hexpatient]

me: when i feel dirty, i take a shower.

therapist: thats irrational. you just FEEL dirty and then have a compulsion to take a "shower" because of your dirty mentality. you should try reframing that negative thought instead!

me: i look both ways before crossing the road.

therapist: thats irrational. you are fortune telling cognitive distortioned, and mind reading the intentions of passing drivers, and projecting your victim fantasy onto the situation because of the past trauma of car crash. you should exposure therapy yourself and stop looking both ways before you cross the road. you might be surprised what happens when you go outside your comfort zone!

[hexpatient]

also its so fucking miserable when you look up psychological abuse and gaslighting and abuse stuff in general theres basically an obligatory bit at the end where they tell you "seing a mental health professional 🥺 will help you recover" which is really a bold thing to say. just found a listicle on gaslighting that says at the end you should see the therapist. fucking miserable. as if therapy isnt literally just gaslighting. as if my entire problem is that i was gaslit into the nth dimension by 9+ therapists. its really something.

[hexpatient]

(no photo id) actual picture of me in therapy giving thought magics the good college try because i like to be fair and balanced tm and also because im desperate.