Therapy is for the rich.

Scraping by week to week I don't have the money to fund exceptionally well off professionals who don't really do a lot of actual work for that money.

Everywhere I've lived has had free counseling services. I have to remind these people that those exist when they keep talking at me with their problems.

I cant afford therapy. Any other questions?

When I was a kid there was a stigma against therapy; people thought it was for the insane. At some point it flipped and not going to therapy became a red flag for many.

I have been to lots of therapy and had necessary medicine gatekept by it when i couldnt afford it. There should be no stigma to it. There should no stigma to not going to it. It can be great, and it can hurt people.

Lets not dictate to others whether or not they should go.

Is it wrong of me to see this as a red flag?

If someone has access to therapy and they admit to having mental issues of some kind but they just say they're going to work it out on their own then I usually start distancing myself.

Everybody can benefit from therapy

i don't need therapy

I do therapy when I can afford it. When I can't, I try to do a lot of self discovery, learning myself, being aware of the things I'm doing and why I'm avoiding things. And then I try to keep track of them for when my finances allow me to do therapy again.

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