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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Your therapist is not your friend, and using therapy only as a place to vent is a waste of their time and your money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why? They're there to talk. Are you thinking of a psychiatrist?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Both therapists and a psychiatrists offer mental health care, therapists aren't just people to vent at (even if that is usually part of their job). Psychiatrists are medical doctors that can prescribe medication, however.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Exactly, this is what I mean. Yea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This opinion is definitely not your friend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, therapists can help a lot more than just venting! And if you vent you'll probably run into some feelings a therapist can help you untangle. You're right, better to try it than not.