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If you believe in "natural healing" and cosmic energies and all that jazz, you probably won't like the rest of my thread.
So I went to my first psychology session recently and was left confused and irritated.
I've suffered low-self esteem all my life from being mistreated by others but I've made gradual improvements.
I was having a shitty time at work (if you all remember my work threads) and thought to find help before it escalates. My workplace covers for 8 sessions...and if I were to pay privately - can you believe psychologists charge $100 an hour on average???
My session...well, it started off with me talking about my main problems (which was work) and then I went back to other problems that started in my youth which led me to how I am today. I'm still living through a bit of the "after-effects" of the mistreatment I went through when I was younger.
Then she explained to me about how we all have "chakras" and how she is an expert in energy healing...supposed to increase relaxation and helping me move forward from those past bad incidents.
First few exercises was me crossing my legs and then my arms in the opposite direction...apparently it helps me "center" myself due to how the brain is wired or whatever (I can't remember it all but this is the jist of it).
Next few exercises was like "tapping" on my head, chest, sides.
Most annoying exercise required me covering my hand on various parts of my body (head, chin, neck, left/middle/right of chest, sternum, upper/lower stomach, sides, between thighs) while saying outloud "I am scared" on each part because that's how I felt during the worst incidents of my youth.
Then after each round, I had to rate out of 10 how scared I felt thinking about it.
Um...
I don't have a video showing of "her way" but here's a video on YouTube that I found that I think is ridiculous and useless and promotes the same stuff:
Also, "they say" that it's all about my mindset...the problem is, I don't know how to change my mindset. That's what I want help with. How does a girl that's been depressed all her life go to becoming like the bubbly, happy girl-next-door?
I've worked hard to always improve and try to stay positive...but I don't know...my personality is just not bubbly and happy.
A lot of the overly happy people I've met...yes, they have problems too...but they had a great youth...the youth is so important because we're so vulnerable at that stage.
I have happy moments but it doesn't change the fact that I get stressed out easily and feel bad about myself...I've always have. It's just me. :/
Anyway...is it worth it for me to continue? I'm consdering going to see a different psychologist but it's a load of quakery to me...I insist you watch that YouTube video (I could only bear about 30 seconds of it) and tell me what you think.
What ARE psychologists supposed to do?
My mom went to one a long time ago...they had her imagine an invisible bottle and stuffing all her problems in it and throwing it away in the ocean...lololol...
I'm so frustrated and confused...and I don't know if my line of thinking about psychologists is correct or not...I'm one of those people...I'm an atheist, I'm not spiritual (though I find religion and spiritual things interesting), I don't believe in chakras and energies or auras or the universe responding to me depending on how I think...I don't know how to explain but I just don't believe and not sure what to do...
Sorry, long thread...
So I went to my first psychology session recently and was left confused and irritated.
I've suffered low-self esteem all my life from being mistreated by others but I've made gradual improvements.
I was having a shitty time at work (if you all remember my work threads) and thought to find help before it escalates. My workplace covers for 8 sessions...and if I were to pay privately - can you believe psychologists charge $100 an hour on average???
My session...well, it started off with me talking about my main problems (which was work) and then I went back to other problems that started in my youth which led me to how I am today. I'm still living through a bit of the "after-effects" of the mistreatment I went through when I was younger.
Then she explained to me about how we all have "chakras" and how she is an expert in energy healing...supposed to increase relaxation and helping me move forward from those past bad incidents.
First few exercises was me crossing my legs and then my arms in the opposite direction...apparently it helps me "center" myself due to how the brain is wired or whatever (I can't remember it all but this is the jist of it).
Next few exercises was like "tapping" on my head, chest, sides.
Most annoying exercise required me covering my hand on various parts of my body (head, chin, neck, left/middle/right of chest, sternum, upper/lower stomach, sides, between thighs) while saying outloud "I am scared" on each part because that's how I felt during the worst incidents of my youth.
Then after each round, I had to rate out of 10 how scared I felt thinking about it.
Um...
I don't have a video showing of "her way" but here's a video on YouTube that I found that I think is ridiculous and useless and promotes the same stuff:
Also, "they say" that it's all about my mindset...the problem is, I don't know how to change my mindset. That's what I want help with. How does a girl that's been depressed all her life go to becoming like the bubbly, happy girl-next-door?
I've worked hard to always improve and try to stay positive...but I don't know...my personality is just not bubbly and happy.
A lot of the overly happy people I've met...yes, they have problems too...but they had a great youth...the youth is so important because we're so vulnerable at that stage.
I have happy moments but it doesn't change the fact that I get stressed out easily and feel bad about myself...I've always have. It's just me. :/
Anyway...is it worth it for me to continue? I'm consdering going to see a different psychologist but it's a load of quakery to me...I insist you watch that YouTube video (I could only bear about 30 seconds of it) and tell me what you think.
What ARE psychologists supposed to do?
My mom went to one a long time ago...they had her imagine an invisible bottle and stuffing all her problems in it and throwing it away in the ocean...lololol...
I'm so frustrated and confused...and I don't know if my line of thinking about psychologists is correct or not...I'm one of those people...I'm an atheist, I'm not spiritual (though I find religion and spiritual things interesting), I don't believe in chakras and energies or auras or the universe responding to me depending on how I think...I don't know how to explain but I just don't believe and not sure what to do...
Sorry, long thread...