Attending therapy has become more common and accepted in the world, although it still holds a negative stigma with many. Mental health overall has a stigma of being something that people can control, and if you struggle with it, you’re weak.
This is not the case. Mental health is simply the health of people’s minds. According to the CDC it “includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices.”
Everyone’s personal level of mental health is different. Some struggle with different mental health disorders and illnesses, and others might not. There is nothing wrong with this. It simply is how it is.
When it comes to these struggles, therapy is one of the most significant tools out there to help. Therapy, mostly talk therapy, is used to speak about what you are going through, have gone through, and things that you will go through. In these sessions you speak with the therapist about all sorts of things in order to sort out your thoughts. Therapists provide you with insight and tools into understanding yourself and what you are going through better.
Every therapist is different, but overall they are all there for you. They are there to help you live life easier. They give you ideas, and insight into seeing what is going on in your life, and how you can live it better. If you struggle with emotions or any sort of mental issue, they want to provide you with ways of making life less intense.
Therapists are separate from the people in your daily life. If there is something you want to talk about, but don’t necessarily want your friends or family to know, a therapist is perfect. They are an outside source that will keep your thoughts and words completely confidential.
Having a therapist can help you go through difficult changes as well. Whether this be bad or even good, having consistent support from a therapist can help to make things easier for you.
We are simply all people living life for the first time. Of course it is going to be hard. Of course we are going to struggle. Of course we are going to face things that seem impossible to overcome. This is why it is essential that we all be going to therapy. It is the most important tool in helping to understand ourselves in this wild life.
