[polishdude20]

Interesting take but it seems some past experiences have colored your opinion here. Which, I'm not rejecting. In response to "just do it yourself" there are lots of people who are in mental state where they literally just can't get themselves to do that. They sometimes need that person / therapist to get started.

[savryn]

I wished I'd had legit 'bad' experiences, then I'd know they were outliers and would make for a story, but really I was shocked by deep mediocrity of several therapists, diff regions, male and female, diff costs etc.

The costs / risks of trusting important matters to average middling people makes it not worth it.

It's not a horror show, it's just a waste...

The reputation of therapy came from the top/excellent practitioners in the field over several decades.... and now it's a cheapened wonder-bread experience and even app based, lmao

The hype needs extreme push back.