The first entry in a series showing you what happens behind closed doors when you think you’re doing the right thing…
Introduction to Mental Health
Going back into my youth, I’ve seen counselors and therapists for mental health since about double digits. It’s a white culture thing here in the United States, and at least I never got medicated until I found my own trio — alcohol, nicotine, and Mary Jane. Overall, going to talk to somebody who is being paid to listen is pretty useful.
Just like a chat-bot on the computer it’s an input-output thing. Being dishonest with the self and using the appointment just to pass the time, well, I know a lot of people doing that right now and paying money for the service. Personally I prefer getting lessons even if small nuggets to work over in my own head later. So with this two-way-street understanding, I’ve also played the field.
Not every counselor deserves to be noodling around in my head. The bell curve is real and I’m a Writer — we came up with Psychology. You, ahem, professionals, are using a manual we wrote to try and be scientific with an artform. How do I know this? Well, I’ve decided to dedicate 2023 to taking awful, sometimes painful field trips to report back to society at large what happens behind closed doors.
